Prevalence of "silent" pulmonary emboli in adults after the Fontan operation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2252-2258

  Varma, Chetan ^a   Warr, Matthew R ^a   Hendler, Aaron L ^a   Paul, Narinder S ^a   Webb, Gary D ^a   Therrien, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IOHEXOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 0038308857     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00490-X     Document Type: Article

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