Risk Factors for Sudden Death After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1901-1905

  Nollert, Georg D A ^a   Däbritz, Sabine H ^a   Schmoeckel, Michael ^a   Vicol, Calin ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0344234147     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01065-8     Document Type: Article

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