Severe left ventricular dysfunction in infants with ventricular preexcitation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1320-1322

  Cadrin Tourigny, Julia ^b   Fournier, Anne ^a   Andelfinger, Gregor ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessory pathway; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Infants; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARBAZOLES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; PROPANOLAMINES; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 50949103197     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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