The optimal fontan connection: A growing extracardiac lateral tunnel with pedicled pericardium

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 552-559

  Gundry, S R ^a   Razzouk, A J ^a   Del Rio, M J ^a   Shirali, G ^a   Bailey, L L ^a   Reddy, V M ^a   Drinkwater, D C ^a   Lamberti, J ^a   Mayer J E , Jr ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030779122     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70043-6     Document Type: Article

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