Late Pulmonary Valve Replacement after Correction of Fallot's Tetralogy

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Cesnjevar, Robert ^a   Harig, F ^a   Raber, A ^a   Strecker, T ^a   Fischlein, T ^a   Koch, A ^a   Weyand, M ^a   Pfeiffer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pulmonary valve replacement; Right ventricular failure; Right ventricular function; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 1542619565     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817798     Document Type: Review

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