Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in two infants, not always idiopathic on follow-up

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1501-1503

  Chockalingam, Priya ^a   Clur, Sally Ann B ^a   Reimer, Annette G ^b   Blom, Nico A ^a,c   Wilde, Arthur A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Follow up; ICD; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Infant; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FLECAINIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PARENT; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 77949524417     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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