Repair of truncus arteriosus in early infancy with antibiotic sterilized aortic homografts

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Alexiou, Christos ^a   Keeton, Barry R ^a   Salmon, Anthony P ^a   Monro, James L ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS, PERSISTENT;

EID: 0035021325     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02547-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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