Outcome of symptomatic patients undergoing extracardiac Fontan conversion and cryoablation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 529-536

  Weinstein, Samuel ^a,b   Cua, Cliff ^a   Chan, David ^a   Davis, J Terrance ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SEPSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0041854453     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00212-5     Document Type: Article

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