Resolution of atrial thrombosis with heparin in a newborn with atrial flutter

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1211-1214

  Bronzetti, Gabriele ^a,b   D'Angelo, Cinzia ^b   Angelini, Andrea ^a   Picchio, Fernando Maria ^b   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atrial stunning; Chiari network; Heparin; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGOXIN; ENOXAPARIN; FLECAINIDE; HEPARIN; SOTALOL;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; DIGOXIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECURRENCE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 66749098276     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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