New indicator for the fontan operation: Diameters of the pulmonary veins in patients with univentricular heart

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-265

  Kawahira, Youichi ^b   Kishimoto, Hidefumi ^c   Kawata, Hiroaki ^c   Ikawa, Seiichro ^c   Ueda, Hideki ^c   Nakajima, Tohru ^a   Kayatani, Futoshi ^a   Inamura, Noboru ^a   Mori, Toru ^a  

^a Osaka Med Ctr Res Inst M   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PULMONARY VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0033363007     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1999.tb00990.x     Document Type: Article

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