Early and medium-term results after modified Fontan operation in adults

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-316

  Ovroutski, S ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, V ^a   Ewert, P ^a   Nurnberg J H ^a   Hetzer, R ^a   Lange, P E ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracardiac; Fontan operation in adult; Lateral tunnel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; EXTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347297176     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00829-1     Document Type: Article

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