Comparison of Fontan Survivors with and without Pacemakers: A Report from the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Cross-sectional Study

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-39

  Williams, Richard V ^a   Travison, Thomas ^b   Kaltman, Jonathan R ^c   Cecchin, Frank ^d   Colan, Steven D ^d   Idriss, Salim F ^e   Lu, Minmin ^b   Margossian, Renee ^d   Reed, John H ^f   Silver, Eric S ^g   Stephenson, Elizabeth A ^h   Vetter, Victoria L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fontan procedure; Functional status; Pacemaker; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SURVIVOR;

EID: 84873023654     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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