Blalock-Taussig shunt: Experience from the developing world

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 152-156

  Rana, Jamal S ^a   Ahmad, Kaashif A ^a   Shamim, Aliya S ^a   Hassan, Sulaiman B ^a   Ahmed, Mehnaz A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blalock Taussig shunt; Cyanotic congenital heart disease; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036928275     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2892.2002.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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