Additional pulmonary blood flow with the bidirectional Glenn anastomosis: Does it make a difference?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 668-672

  McElhinney, Doff B ^a   Marianeschi, Stefano M ^a   Reddy, V Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CONFERENCE PAPER; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SHUNTING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0031717067     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00581-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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