Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for the Failing Fontan Patient

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2136-2138

  Sojak, Vladimir ^a   Mazic, Uros ^a   Cesen, Maja ^a   Schrader, Jurgen ^b   Danojevic, Nenad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Biotronik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 43649107834     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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