Follow-up after pulmonary valve replacement in adults with tetralogy of Fallot: Association between QRS duration and outcome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1486-1492

  Scherptong, Roderick W C ^a   Hazekamp, Mark G ^a,b   Mulder, Barbara J M ^b,c   Wijers, Olivier ^a   Swenne, Cees A ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Vliegen, Hubert W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

electrocardiography; outcome; pulmonary valve replacement; QRS duration; tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; QRS COMPLEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957994643     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.058     Document Type: Article

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