Risk of recoarctation should not be a deciding factor in the timing of coarctation repair

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 803-805

  Pearl, Jeffrey M ^a   Manning, Peter B ^b   Franklin, Cheri ^b   Beekman, Robert ^b   Cripe, Linda ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTOPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK;

EID: 1542512521     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.064     Document Type: Article

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