Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 263-268 , May 2007

Chronotropic Incompetence in Adolescents and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease After Cardiac Surgery

  • Kambiz Norozi, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical School Hannover, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kambiz Norozi, Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical School Hannover, OE 6730, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30623 Hannover, Germany. Tel: (+49) 511 532-9126; Fax: (+49) 511 532-9038.
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  • Armin Wessel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical School Hannover, Germany
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  • Valentin Alpers, CAND MED

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Jan O. Arnhold, CAND MED

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Lutz Binder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Siegfried Geyer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Sociology Unit; Medical School Hannover, Germany
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  • Monika Zoege, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Sociology Unit; Medical School Hannover, Germany
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  • Reiner Buchhorn, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Received 20 September 2006 ,Revised 27 November 2006 ,Accepted 11 December 2006.

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 Supported in part by grants from German Research Foundation to A. Wessel (Nr. WE 2670/1-1) and S. Geyer (Nr. GE 1167/3-1) and in part by grants from Herzkind e.V. (Braunschweig, Germany) to R. Buchhorn.

PII: S1071-9164(06)01294-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.12.002

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 263-268 , May 2007

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