Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 283-289 , February 2009

Catheter ablation in transposition of the great arteries with Mustard or Senning baffles

  • Paul Khairy, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Adult Congenital Heart Center and Electrophysiology Service, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Paul Khairy, Adult Congenital Heart Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1T 1C8
    • ,
  • George F. Van Hare, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

Received 29 October 2008 ,Accepted 15 November 2008.

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  2. Khairy P, Landzberg MJ, Lambert J, O'Donnell CP. Long-term outcomes after the atrial switch for surgical correction of transposition: a meta-analysis comparing the Mustard and Senning procedures. Cardiol Young. 2004;14:284–292
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  8. Khairy P, Harris L, Landzberg MJ, et al. Sudden death and defibrillators in transposition of the great arteries with intra-atrial baffles: a multicenter study. Circ Arrhythmia Electrophysiol. 2008;1:250–257
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 This work was supported in part by the Canada Research Chair in Electrophysiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Dr. Khairy). Dr. Khairy has received honoraria from St Jude Medical.

PII: S1547-5271(08)01177-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.11.022

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 283-289 , February 2009

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