Causes of death after the modified Norwood procedure: A study of 122 postmortem cases

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1795-1802

  Bartram, Ulrike ^a   Grünenfelder, Jürg ^a   Van Praagh, Richard ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFECTION; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AORTIC DISEASES; ARRHYTHMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; METHODS; MYOCARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0345596483     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01041-2     Document Type: Article

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