Coarctation of the aorta: Tailoring the surgical approach

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 931-935

  Mullen, John C ^a,b   Bentley, Michael J ^a   Talwar, Manoj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Cardiac surgery; Congenital heart defects

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0030774278     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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