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Cardiovascular Monitoring of Children and Adolescents With Heart Disease Receiving Stimulant Drugs. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Congenital Cardiac Defects Committee and the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing

Victoria L. Vetter MD, FAHA, Chair, Josephine Elia MD, Christopher Erickson MD, Stuart Berger MD, FAHA, Nathan Blum MD, Karen Uzark RN, PhD, FAHA, and Catherine L. Webb MD, FAHA

Key words: AHA Scientific Statements • attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity • cardiovascular monitoring • congenital heart disease • stimulant drugs • death, sudden • heart arrest • pediatrics

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