The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 4 , Pages 900-904 , April 2007

Risk factors for cardiac arrhythmias in children with congenital heart disease after surgical intervention in the early postoperative period

  • Joanna Rękawek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Joanna Rękawek, MD, Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20 04-830 Warsaw, Poland.
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  • Andrzej Kansy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Maria Miszczak-Knecht, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Małgorzata Manowska, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
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  • Katarzyna Bieganowska, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Monika Brzezinska-Paszke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Elżbieta Szymaniak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Anna Turska-Kmieć, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Przemysław Maruszewski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Piotr Burczyński, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Wanda Kawalec, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Received 29 July 2006 ,Revised 28 November 2006 ,Accepted 13 December 2006.

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 The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute and supported by an internal grant of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute (Grant No. 84/05).

PII: S0022-5223(06)02307-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.12.011

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 4 , Pages 900-904 , April 2007

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