A multicenter analysis of the choice of initial surgical procedure in tetralogy of Fallot

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 580-586

  Mulder, T J ^a   Pyles, L A ^b   Stolfi, A ^c   Pickoff, A S ^c   Moller, J H ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Congenital heart disease; Multicenter study; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; INFANT WELFARE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036877713     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-001-0061-8     Document Type: Article

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