Effects of modified and classic Blalock-Taussig shunts on the pulmonary arterial tree

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 512-517

  Godart, François ^a   Qureshi, Shakeel A ^a   Simha, Ary ^a   Deverall, Philip B ^a   Anderson, David R ^a   Baker, Edward J ^a   Tynan, Michael ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 0031657495     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00461-5     Document Type: Article

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