Arrhythmia Surgery in Patients With and Without Congenital Heart Disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 857-868

  Mavroudis, Constantine ^a   Deal, Barbara J ^a   Backer, Carl L ^a   Tsao, Sabrina ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49549121417     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.087     Document Type: Article

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