When Should Pulmonary Artery Angioplasty be Performed for Fontan Candidates with Pulmonary Coarctation?: Two Cases of Pulmonary Artery Angioplasty with the Blalock-Taussig Shunt on Pump in Neonates

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 185-188

  Ishibashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Koide, Masaaki ^a   Uchita, Shunji ^a   Seguchi, Masashi ^a  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fontan; Neonate; Pulmonary angioplasty; Pulmonary coarctation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY COARCTATION; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 1942453313     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-004-0104-1     Document Type: Article

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