title: Electrophysiologic therapeutics in heart failure in adult congenital heart disease.
abstract: Arrhythmias have long been recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the adult with congenital heart disease. It is important that the clinician accurately diagnoses these disturbances and is cognizant of the full array of antiarrhythmic agents and devices available to treat these conditions. This review discusses the most common arrhythmias encountered in this population and the therapeutic options available. Specific issues unique to this population are also addressed.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University, 750 Welch Road, Suite 325, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Electronic address: sachie@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Kara S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Motonaga
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khairy
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dubin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
keywords: Adult congenital heart disease; Antiarrhythmics; Arrhythmias; Device therapy; Electrophysiology; Heart failure; Resynchronization; Therapeutics