Sudden cardiac death: Clinical evaluation of paediatric family members

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Tomaske, Maren ^a   Keller, Dagmar I ^b,c   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inherited heart disease; Paediatric; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FAMILY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINOATRIAL NODE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952180945     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq396     Document Type: Article

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