Minimally invasive or interventional repair of atrial septal defects in children: Experience in 171 cases and comparison with conventional strategies

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1707-1712

  Formigari, Roberto ^a   Di Donato, Roberto M ^a   Mazzera, Ennio ^a   Carotti, Adriano ^a   Rinelli, Gabriele ^a   Parisi, Francesco ^a   Pasquini, Luciano ^a   Ballerini, Luigi ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035031977     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01213-X     Document Type: Article

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