Usefulness of triiodothyronine (T3) treatment after surgery for complex congenital heart disease in infants and children

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1107-1109

  Chowdhury, Devyani ^a   Parnell, Vincent A ^a   Ojamaa, Kaie ^a   Boxer, Robert ^a   Cooper, Rubin ^a   Klein, Irwin ^a  

^a Divisions Pediat Cardiol E   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE;

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; BLOOD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRICUSPID ATRESIA; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0032746056     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00513-5     Document Type: Article

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