New xenograft valved conduit (Contegra) for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 396-398

  Chatzis, Andrew C ^a   Giannopoulos, Nicolas M ^a   Bobos, Demetrios ^a   Kirvassilis, George B ^a   Rammos, Spyros ^a   Sarris, George E ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; JUGULAR VEIN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ATRESIA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; THROMBOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0142217334     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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