Children are not just small adults

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-30

  Triedman, John K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650637255     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.10.016     Document Type: Editorial

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