Sudden unexpected death in children with congenital heart defects

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 621-626

  Jortveit, Jarle ^a,b   Eskedal, Leif ^c   Hirth, Asle ^d   Fomina, Tatiana ^e   Døhlen, Gaute ^f   Hagemo, Petter ^f   Tell, Grethe S ^e,g   Birkeland, Sigurd ^f   øyen, Nina ^d,e   Holmstrøm, Henrik ^b,f  

^a Sorlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SØRLANDET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Congenital heart defect; Mortality; Sport; Sudden unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ARCH INTERRUPTION; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HETEROTAXIA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN SURVIVAL TIME; NORWAY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SPORT; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; REGISTER;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84960114417     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv478     Document Type: Article

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