Sudden death 10 years after patch aortoplasty for coarctation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-385

  Hauser, Michael ^a,b   Pollock, James ^a   Wilson, Neil ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Coarctation; Rupture; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUPTURE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0032112962     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100006910     Document Type: Article

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