title: Increased QT dispersion and loss of sinus rhythm as risk factors for late sudden death after Mustard or Senning procedures for transposition of the great arteries.
abstract: Increased QT dispersion and loss of sinus rhythm were both associated with sudden cardiac death in patients with transposition of the great arteries after Mustard and Senning operations at the early and late postoperative periods. A combination of increased QT dispersion with loss of sinus rhythm increases the positive predictive value for sudden cardiac death in patients with transposition of the great arteries after Mustard and Senning procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Zhi-hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Juha-Matti
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Happonen
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bennhagen
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sairanen
authors.forename: Erkki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pesonen
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Toivonen
authors.forename: Eero
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jokinen
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012372:ROC Curve; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*