Postural change and pulmonary ventilation-perfusion distribution after Fontan operation

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 226-227

  Matsushita, Tohru ^a   Sano, Tetsuya ^a   Okada, Shintaro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fontan operation; Postural change; Ventilation perfusion distribution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURE; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0034110444     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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