Clinical outcomes of Fontan conversion surgery with and without associated arrhythmia intervention

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-266

  Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Fynn Thompson, Francis ^a   Cecchin, Frank ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a   del Nido, Pedro ^a   Triedman, John K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Congenital heart disease; Fontan procedure; Maze procedure

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749124381     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.074     Document Type: Article

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