Successful single-lung Fontan operation in an adult: 5-Year follow-up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1042-1044

  Al Khaldi, Abdulaziz ^a   Chedrawy, Edgar G ^a   Tchervenkov, Christo I ^a   Shum Tim, Dominique ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; METOPROLOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY LIGATION; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEXTROCARDIA; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG; MALE; OXIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY ATRESIA; REVIEW; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14244266933     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.129     Document Type: Article

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