Time Course of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Congenital Heart Defects

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1065-1072

  Teuwen, Christophe P ^a   Ramdjan, Tanwier T T K ^a   Götte, Marco ^a,c   Brundel, Bianca J J M ^d,e   Evertz, Reinder ^f   Vriend, Joris W J ^a,c   Molhoek, Sander G ^g   Dorman, Henderikus G R ^h   Van Opstal, Jurren M ^h   Konings, Thelma C ^e   Van Der Voort, Pepijn ⁱ   Delacretaz, Etienne ^j   Houck, Charlotte ^a   Yaksh, Ameeta ^a   Jansz, Luca J ^a   Witsenburg, Maarten ^a   Roos Hesselink, Jolien W ^a   Triedman, John K ^k,l   Bogers, Ad J J C ^b   De Groot, Natasja M S ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; congenital heart defect; stroke; tachycardia; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84944672085     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003272     Document Type: Article

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