Improved early results with the Fontan operation in adults with functional single ventricle

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1334-1340

  Mott, Antonio R ^a   Feltes, Timothy F ^a   McKenzie, E Dean ^a   Andropoulos, Dean B ^a   Bezold, Louis I ^a   Fenrich, Arnold L ^a   Bedford, Shannon L ^a   El Said, Howaida ^a   Stayer, Stephen A ^a   Fraser Jr , Charles D ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144353864     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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