Chronologic changes in P-wave characteristics after the Fontan procedure: The effect of surgical modification

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Koh, Masahiro ^a,b   Uemura, Hideki ^a,b   Kada, Akiko ^a   Kagisaki, Koji ^a   Hagino, Ikuo ^a   Yagihara, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACARDIAC CONDUIT; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTRAATRIAL BAFFLING; P WAVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTEMIC PULMONARY SHUNT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINOATRIAL NODE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 77953479565     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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