Hearts late after Fontan operation have normal mass, normal volume, and reduced systolic function: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1061-1065

  Eicken, Andreas ^a   Fratz, Sohrab ^a   Gutfried, Christine ^a   Balling, Gunter ^a   Schwaiger, Markus ^a   Lange, Rüdiger ^a   Busch, Raymonde ^b   Hess, John ^a   Stern, Heiko ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VOLUME; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041733881     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00986-0     Document Type: Article

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