Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: Statistical analysis of potential factors influencing shunt outcome

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Tsai, Kuei Ton ^a   Chang, Chau Hsiung ^a   Lin, Pyng Jing ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blalock Taussig shunt, modified; PTFE graft

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0030010653     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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