Surgical management of the single ventricle

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-68

  Hancock Friesen, Camille L ^a   Forbess, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Palliative surgery; Pediatric cardiac surgery; Single ventricle

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD GROWTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0036807773     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9813(02)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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