Evidence for palliative enlargement of the right ventricular outflow tract in severe tetralogy of Fallot

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 945-948

  Korbmacher, Bernhard ^a   Heusch, Andreas ^a   Sunderdiek, Ulrich ^a   Gams, Emmeran ^a   Rammos, Spiros ^b   Langenbach, Mike R ^a   Schipke, Jochen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b Onassis Heart Centre   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enlargement of right ventricular outflow tract; Hypoplastic pulmonary artery; Palliation; Pulmonary valve replacement; Tetralogy of Fallot; Vascular catch up growth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 19344372996     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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