Management of late atrial tachyarrhythmia long after Fontan operation

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-416

  Fujita, Shuhei ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Takeuchi, Daiji ^a   Manaka, Tetsuyuki ^a   Shoda, Morio ^a   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^a   Kurosawa, Hiromi ^a   Nakanishi, Toshio ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Fontan procedure

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; APRINDINE; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DISOPYRAMIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349280496     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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