The beneficial effects of total cavopulmonary conversion and arrhythmia surgery for the failed fontan

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-24

  Mavroudis, Constantine ^a,b   Deal, Barbara J ^a,b   Backer, Carl L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Fontan procedure; Total cavopulmonary conversion

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TUBE;

EID: 1042275341     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/pcsu.2002.31489     Document Type: Article

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