Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 146-154 , March 2010

Dilated cardiomyopathy in children with ventricular preexcitation: the location of the accessory pathway is predictive of this association

  • Floris E.A. Udink ten Cate, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpenerstrasse 62, 50973 Cologne, Germany.
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  • Markus A. Kruessell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Postoperative Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Kerstin Wagner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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  • Uwe Trieschmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Postoperative Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Mathias Emmel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Konrad Brockmeier, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Narayanswami Sreeram, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Received 18 June 2009

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☆ Parts of this manuscript were presented as a poster at the 34th annual International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology (ISCE) 2009 Conference, Panama City Beach, FL.

PII: S0022-0736(09)00514-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.09.007

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 146-154 , March 2010

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