The modified fontan procedure: Morphometry and surgical implications

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1746-1753

  Kiaffas, Maria G ^a,b   Van Praagh, Richard ^a,b   Hanioti, Chrysoula ^a,b   Green, Douglas W ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY SURFACE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033001757     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00275-1     Document Type: Article

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