The clamshell approach for the surgical treatment of complex cardiopulmonary pathology in infants and children

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 298-306

  Luciani, Giovanni Battista ^a,b   Starnes, Vaughn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart lung transplantation; Lobar transplantation; Lung transplantation; Pulmonary atresia; Surgical repair; Tetralogy of Fallot; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ATRESIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ATRESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; THORACOTOMY; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 0031037260     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)01052-4     Document Type: Article

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