The modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: A 6-year experience from a developing country

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-52

  Maghur, H A ^a,b   Ben Musa, A A ^a   Salim, M E ^a   Abuzakhar, S S ^a  

^a Mesallata Cardiothoracic Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Developing country; Modified Blalock Taussig shunt

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; INFANT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIBYA; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036360145     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-001-0012-4     Document Type: Article

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