Primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot in infancy - The effect on growth of the pulmonary arteries and the risk for late reinterventions

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-398

  Kaulitz, Renate ^a,b   Jux, Christian ^a   Bertram, Harald ^a   Paul, Thomas ^a   Ziemer, Gerhard ^b   Hausdorf, Gerd ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TIME;

EID: 0035405712     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951101000506     Document Type: Article

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