Congenital heart disease in adults (Second of two parts)

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 334-342

  Brickner, M Elizabeth ^a   Hillis, L David ^a,b   Lange, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYANOSIS; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; CYANOSIS; EBSTEIN'S ANOMALY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 0034598755     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200002033420507     Document Type: Review

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