Early age at repair prevents restrictive right ventricular (RV) physiology after surgery for tetralogy of fallot (TOF): Diastolic RV function after TOF repair in infancy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1083-1087

  Munkhammar, Peter ^a   Cullen, Shay ^b   Jögi, Peeter ^a   De Leval, Marc ^b   Elliott, Martin ^b   Norgård, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0032190620     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00351-9     Document Type: Article

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