Arrhythmia recurrence in adult patients with single ventricle physiology following surgical fontan conversion

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 430-434

  Aboulhosn, Jamil ^a   Williams, Ryan ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^b   Barkowski, Rakhi ^a   Plunkett, Mark ^e   Miner, Pamela ^a   Houser, Linda ^a   Laks, Hillel ^c   Reemtsen, Brian ^c   Shannon, Kevin ^d   Child, John ^a  

^a Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center   (United States)

^b Cardiac Arrhythmia Center   (United States)

^c Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Congenital Heart Disease; Fontan

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DOFETILIDE; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN CONVERSION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957158218     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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