The Natural History of Asymptomatic Ventricular Pre-Excitation. A Long-Term Prospective Follow-Up Study of 184 Asymptomatic Children

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a   Radinovic, Andrea ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^a   Vicedomini, Gabriele ^a   Gulletta, Simone ^a   Paglino, Gabriele ^a   Mazzone, Patrizio ^a   Ciconte, Giuseppe ^a   Sacchi, Stefania ^a   Sala, Simone ^a   Pappone, Carlo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; sudden death; syncope; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HISTORY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FLUTTER; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 58149352979     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.09.037     Document Type: Article

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