Is the mechanism of supraventricular tachycardia in pediatrics influenced by age, gender or ethnicity?

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-468

  Anand, Rishi G ^a   Rosenthal, Geoffrey L ^b   Van Hare, George F ^c   Snyder, Christopher S ^d  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory pathways; Atrioventricular node reentry tachycardia; Pediatric cardiology; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71149100869     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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