Arrhythmias in a contemporary Fontan cohort: Prevalence and clinical associations in a multicenter cross-sectional study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 890-896

  Stephenson, Elizabeth A ^a   Lu, Minmin ^b   Berul, Charles I ^c   Etheridge, Susan P ^d   Idriss, Salim F ^e   Margossian, Renee ^c   Reed, John H ^f   Prakash, Ashwin ^c,g   Sleeper, Lynn A ^b   Vetter, Victoria L ⁱ   Blaufox, Andrew D ^h  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; congenital heart disease; Fontan; intraatrial re entrant tachycardia; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRA ATRIAL RE ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956303354     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.079     Document Type: Article

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