Obstruction in modified Blalock shunts: A quantitative analysis with clinical correlation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2072-2076

  Wells, Winfield J ^a   Yu, R James ^a   Batra, Anjan S ^a   Monforte, Hector ^a   Sintek, Colleen ^a   Starnes, Vaughn A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEWBORN; OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHUNTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBUS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444364237     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.050     Document Type: Article

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