Fontan conversion with concomitant arrhythmia surgery for the failing atriopulmonary connections: Mid-term results from a single centre

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-669

  Sridhar, Anuradha ^a   Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Foresti, Sara ^a   Cappato, Riccardo ^a   Rubio Iglesias Garcäa, Carlos ^a   Cabrera, Nerea Delgado ^a   Micheletti, Angelo ^a   Negura, Diana ^a   Bussadori, Claudio ^a   Butera, Gianfranco ^a   Frigiola, Alessandro ^a   Carminati, Mario ^a   Chessa, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fontan operation; radiofrequency ablation; refractory arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCOMITANT ARRHYTHMIA SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICUSPID ATRESIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155135765     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951111000643     Document Type: Article

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