The mid-term surgical results of fontan conversion with antiarrhythmia surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 922-927

  Jang, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Woong Han ^a   Choi, Kwangho ^b   Nam, JinHae ^a   Choi, Eun Seok ^a   Lee, Jeong Ryul ^a   Kim, Yong Jin ^a   Kwon, Bo Sang ^a   Kim, Gi Beom ^a   Bae, Eun Jung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmia surgery; Fontan conversion; Pacemaker implantation

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTIARRHYTHMIA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVULOPLASTY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EXTRACARDIAC CONDUIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN CONVERSION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; ISTHMUS ABLATION; ISTHMUS CRYOABLATION; LEFT SIDED MAZE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT ATRIUM REDUCTION PLASTY; RIGHT SIDED MAZE PROCEDURE; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SINUS NODE INJURY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICALLY CREATED STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; VALVULOPLASTY; ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898623112     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt511     Document Type: Article

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