Permanent epicardial pacing in children: Long-term results and factors modifying outcome

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-514

  Kubuš, Petr ^a   Materna, Ondřej ^a   Gebauer, Roman A ^b   Matějka, Tomáš ^a   Gebauer, Roman ^a   Tláskal, Tomáš ^a   Janoušek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Children; Congenital heart disease; Epicardial; Pacing

Indexed keywords

LEAD; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERICARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859389924     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur327     Document Type: Article

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