Intrahepatic right-to-left shunting after the Fontan operation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 308-310

  Giamberti, Alessandro ^b   Anderson, Robert H ^b   De Leval, Marc R ^a  

^a Cardiothoracic Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Cyanosis; Fontan operation; Isomerism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER SHUNTING; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; VEIN LIGATION; CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; LIVER VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CYANOSIS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036579978     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000689     Document Type: Article

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