Rupture of pulmonary aneurysms in association with long-standing Waterston shunts

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 123-127

  Hull, Dearbhla A ^a   Shinebourne, Elliot ^a   Gerlis, Leon ^a   Nicholson, Andrew G ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Pulmonary arterial aneurysm; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PULMONARY ARTERY; SURVIVOR;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0035227583     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951100012531     Document Type: Article

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