Transcatheter recanalization and subsequent stent implantation for the treatment of early postoperative thrombosis of modified blalock-taussig shunts in two children

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 405-408

  Peuster, M ^a   Fink, C ^a   Bertram, H ^a   Paul, T ^a   Hausdorf, G ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Aorto pulmonary shunt; Congenital heart disease; Cyanosis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVICE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECANALIZATION; STENT; THROMBOSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS;

EID: 0031795025     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199812)45:4<405::AID-CCD11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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