Congenital heart disease in adults: Residua, sequelae, and complications of cardiac defects repaired at an early age;Cardiopatías congénitas del adulto: Residuos, secuelas y complicaciones de las cardiopatías congénitas operades en la infancia

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-88

  Oliver Ruiz, José María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Congenital heart disease; Tetralogy of fallot; Transposition of the great arteries; Univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILDHOOD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFECTION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0037282771     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13042345     Document Type: Review

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