Balloon dilation of the right ventricular outflow tract in tetralogy of Fallot: A palliative procedure

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

  Arab, Sameh M ^a,d   Kholeif, Abdel Fattah E ^a   Zaher, Salah R ^b   Abdel Mohsen, Aly M ^b   Kassem, A Samir ^b   Qureshi, Shakeel A ^c  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Cardiology ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Balloon dilation; Palliation; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYANOSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0032609975     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100007320     Document Type: Article

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