Cardiac development in relation to clinical supraventricular arrhythmias : focus on structure-function relations
Kolditz, D.P.
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Cardiac Development in Relation to Clinical Supraventricular Arrhythmias:
Focus on Structure-Function Relations
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The studies described in this thesis were performed at the department of Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology and Anatomy & Embryology of the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Copyright © 2009 Denise P. Kolditz, Leiden, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the author.
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Cardiac Development in Relation to Clinical Supraventricular Arrhythmias:
Focus on Structure-Function Relations
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit van Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 8 april 2009
klokke 16:15 uur
door
Denise Pamela Kolditz geboren te Maassluis
in 1982
Promotiecommissie
Promotores: Prof. Dr. M.J. Schalij
Prof. Dr. A.C. Gittenberger-de Groot
Leden: Prof. Dr. R.N.W. Hauer
(Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht)
Prof. Dr. D.L. Ypey
(Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum)
Prof. Dr. N.A. Blom
(Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum)
Financial support by the Netherlands Heart Foundation for the publication of this thesis is gratefully acknowledged.
“EX OVO OMNIA”
William Harvey (1651), Exercitationes de generatione animalium.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General Introduction and Outline of the Thesis 10
PART I DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNULUS FIBROSIS AND 92 ACCESSORY PATHWAY PERSISTENCE IN RELATION TO ARRHYTHMIA ETIOLOGY
Chapter 2 Persistence of Functional Atrioventricular Accessory 94 Pathways in Post-Septated Embryonic Avian Hearts:
Implications for Morphogenesis and Functional Maturation of the Cardiac Conduction System Circulation 2007;115(1):17-26
Chapter 3 Epicardium-Derived-Cells (EPDCs) in Annulus Fibrosis 128 Development and Persistence of Accessory Pathways
Circulation 2008;117(12):1508-1517
Editorial: Accessory Atrioventricular Pathways: Getting to the 162 Origins, by Siew Yen Ho
Circulation 2008;117(12):1502-1504
Chapter 4 Functional Accessory Atrioventricular Myocardial 170 Pathways in Mouse Heart Development
Submitted
Chapter 5 Accessory Atrioventricular Myocardial Connections in 198 the Developing Human Heart: Relevance for Perinatal Supraventricular Tachycardias
Circulation 2008;117(22):2850-2858
PART II DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE 222 (AVN) IN RELATION TO ARRHYTHMIA ETIOLOGY
Chapter 6 Development of the Atrioventricular Conduction 224 Axis in Relation to Cardiac Arrhythmia Etiology
Submitted
Chapter 7 Development of the Atrioventricular Node from 258 Heterogeneous Primordia: Implications for the
Anatomical Correlate of the Slow Pathway Submitted
PART III CLINICAL ASPECTS OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR 292 TACHYCARDIA IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN
Chapter 8 Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation as Treatment for 294 Children with Cardiac Arrhythmias: Favourable
Results after a Mean of 4 Years
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2005;149(24):1339-1346
Chapter 9 Low-energy radiofrequency catheter ablation as 316 therapy for supraventricular tachycardia in a
premature neonate
Eur J Pediatr. 2005;164(9):559-562
Chapter 10 Summary, Conclusions and Future Perspectives 330 Samenvatting, Conclusies en Toekomstperspectieven 342
List of Publications 354
Curriculum Vitae 362
