title: Tachyarrhythmia in patients with congenital heart disease: inevitable destiny?
abstract: The prevalence of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) has increased over the last century. As a result, the number of CHD patients presenting with late, postoperative tachyarrhythmias has increased as well. The aim of this review is to discuss the present knowledge on the mechanisms underlying both atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmia in patients with CHD and the advantages and disadvantages of the currently available invasive treatment modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 's Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Teuwen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Y J H J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Taverne
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 's Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Houck
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Götte
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.|Department of Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B J J M
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Brundel
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Evertz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 's Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Witsenburg
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 's Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Roos-Hesselink
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A J J C
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bogers
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 's Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. n.m.s.degroot@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: N M S
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: de Groot
keywords: Atrial tachyarrhythmia; Cardiac surgery; Catheter ablation; Congenital heart defects; Ventricular tachycardia