Comparison of extracardiac Fontan techniques: Pedicled pericardial tunnel versus conduit reconstruction

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 465-471

  Woods, Ronald K ^a   Dyamenahalli, Umesh ^a   Duncan, Brian W ^b   Rosenthal, Geoffrey L ^b   Lupinetti, Flavian M ^c,d   Gundry, Steven R ^d   Fontana, Gregory ^d   Laks, Hillel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; WARFARIN;

AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEATH; DRAIN; FENESTRATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037352548     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.153     Document Type: Article

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