Diagnostic and interventional trends in tetralogy of fallot and transposition of the great arteries in a population-based study

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 368-373

  Grech, V ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Congenital; Heart defects; Tetralogy of Fallot; Transposition of the arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALTA; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 0033916821     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010082     Document Type: Article

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