Pregnancy after the Fontan procedure for tricuspid atresia: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 287-290

  Lao, Terence T ^a,b   Sermer, Mathew ^a   Colman, Jack M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fontan procedure; pregnancy complications; tricuspid atresia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 0029976303     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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