The Fontan procedure in adults

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1085-1090

  Gates, Richard N ^a   Laks, Hillel ^a,b   Drinkwater Jr , Davis C ^a   Lam, Lydia ^a   Blitz, Arie ^a   Child, John S ^a   Perloff, Joseph K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DOUBLE INLET; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 0030965518     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01256-8     Document Type: Article

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