Recurrent arch obstruction after repair of isolated coarctation of the aorta in neonates and young infants: Is low weight a risk factor?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 883-890

  McElhinney, Doff B ^a   Yang, Song Gui ^a   Hogarty, Alexa N ^a   Rychik, Jack ^a   Gleason, Marie M ^a   Zachary, Christopher H ^a   Rome, Jonathan J ^a   Karl, Tom R ^a   DeCampli, William M ^a   Spray, Thomas L ^a   Gaynor, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0040376153     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.116316     Document Type: Article

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