Usefulness of pulsatile bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt in high-risk Fontan patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 845-850

  Miyaji, Kagami ^a,b   Shimada, Munehiro ^a   Sekiguchi, Akihiko ^a   Ishizawa, Akira ^a   Isoda, Takayoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029915648     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01121-8     Document Type: Article

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