Aortic arch complex anomalies: 20-year experience with symptoms, diagnosis, associated cardiac defects, and surgical repair

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-132

  Kocis, K C ^a   Midgley, F M ^a   Ruckman, R N ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous left pulmonary artery; Congenital cardiac disease; Double aortic arch; Right aortic arch; Vascular rings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR RING;

AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031042338     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900130     Document Type: Article

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