Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for prevention of sudden cardiac death in children in the Netherlands

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-185

  Heersche, Jogien H M ^a   Blom, Nico A ^a   Van De Heuvel, Freek ^b   Blank, Christiaan ^c   Reimer, Annette G ^d   Clur, Sally Ann ^e   Witsenburg, Maarten ^f   Ten Harkel, A Derk Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE THERAPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DEATH; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75849162761     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02603.x     Document Type: Article

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