Radiofrequency ablation in children with asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1197-1205

  Pappone, Carlo ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^a   Santinelli, Raffaele ^b   Vicedomini, Gabriele ^a   Sala, Simone ^a   Paglino, Gabriele ^a   Mazzone, Patrizio ^a   Lang, Christopher C ^a   Gulletta, Simone ^a   Augello, Giuseppe ^a   Santinelli, Ornella ^a   Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 4544254109     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa040625     Document Type: Article

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