Hepatic dysfunction following the Fontan procedure

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 352-357

  Narkewicz, Michael R ^a   Sondheimer, Henry M ^b   Ziegler, James W ^b,d   Otanni, Yvonne ^b   Lorts, Angela ^b   Shaffer, Elizabeth M ^b   Horgan, J Gerard ^c   Sokol, Ronald J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac cirrhosis; Fontan; Galactose clearance; Hepatic function

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; CHOLESTEROL; GALACTOSE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GALACTOSE; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 0042133299     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200303000-00009     Document Type: Article

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