Risk of arrhythmia and sudden death in patients with asymptomatic preexcitation: A meta-analysis

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2308-2315

  Obeyesekere, Manoj N ^a   Leong Sit, Peter ^a   Massel, David ^a   Manlucu, Jaimie ^a   Modi, Simon ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Klein, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

death, sudden; meta analysis; tachycardia, supraventricular; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 84861227051     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.055350     Document Type: Article

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