Pulsed Doppler echocardiographic assessment of patterns of venous flow after the modified Fontan operation: Potential clinical implications

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-62

  Kaulitz, Renate ^a,b   Luhmer, Ingrid ^a   Kallfelz, Hans Carlo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Hepatic venous flow; Modified Fontan operation; Portal venous flow; Total cavopulmonary anastomosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE;

EID: 0031610069     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100004637     Document Type: Article

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