Catastrophic transcatheter baffle fenestration for failing fontan physiology

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 268-270

  Henneveld, Helena T ^a   Hutter, Paul ^a   Hitchcock, Francois J ^a   Sreeram, Narayanswami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; BALLOON DILATATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031931713     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01265-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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