Pediatric Nonpost-Operative Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia. Medical Management and Interventional Therapies

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 690-697

  Collins, Kathryn K ^a   Van Hare, George F ^b,c,i   Kertesz, Naomi J ^d   Law, Ian H ^e   Bar Cohen, Yaniv ^f   Dubin, Anne M ^c   Etheridge, Susan P ^g   Berul, Charles I ^h   Avari, Jennifer N ⁱ   Tuzcu, Volkan ^j   Sreeram, Narayanswami ^k   Schaffer, Michael S ^a   Fournier, Anne ^l   Sanatani, Shubhayan ^m   Snyder, Christopher S ⁿ   Smith Jr , Richard T ^o   Arabia, Luis ^p   Hamilton, Robert ^q   Chun, Terrence ^r   Liberman, Leonardo ^s   Kakavand, Bahram ^t   Paul, Thomas ^u   Tanel, Ronn E ^v   more..

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^g PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^m BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁿ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o Sanger Clinic   (United States)

^p Sanatorio Del Salvador   (Argentina)

^q HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^r Children's Heart Center   (United States)

^s CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^v CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

amiodarone; arrhythmia; child; cryoablation; junctional ectopic tachycardia; radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; MEXILETINE; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOABLATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART ARREST; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA NONPOST OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL;

EID: 60049089541     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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