Pacemakers are associated with a higher risk of late death and transplantation in the Fontan population

Chin L Poh; David S Celermajer; Leeanne E Grigg; Jonathan M Kalman; Mark A McGuire; Thomas L Gentles; Dorothy J Radford; Andrew Bullock; Patrick JS Disney; David Winlaw; Karin du Plessis; Yves d'Udekem

Journal article

Pacemakers are associated with a higher risk of late death and transplantation in the Fontan population

Chin L Poh, David S Celermajer, Leeanne E Grigg, Jonathan M Kalman, Mark A McGuire, Thomas L Gentles, Dorothy J Radford, Andrew Bullock, Patrick JS Disney, David Winlaw, Karin du Plessis, Yves d'Udekem

International Journal of Cardiology | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.01.088

University of Melbourne Researchers

Leeanne Grigg Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Yves d'Udekem d'Acoz Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Jonathan Kalman Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Karin Du Plessis Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership grant

Awarded by Health Professional Scholarship - National Heart Foundation of Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership grant (1076849). Prof. Yves d'Udekem is a Clinician Practitioner Fellow of the NHMRC (1082186). Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.Dr. Chin Leng Poh is supported by the Health Professional Scholarship (100671) awarded by the National Heart Foundation of Australia.