Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Cardiac Denervation: A Potential Novel Therapeutic Option for Children With Intractable Ventricular Arrhythmias

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1620-1625

  Atallah, Joseph ^a   Fynn Thompson, Francis ^a   Cecchin, Frank ^a   DiBardino, Daniel J ^a   Walsh, Edward P ^a   Berul, Charles I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DENERVATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 53949110773     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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