Late replacement of the pulmonary valve: When and what type of valve?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 58-63

  Quintessenza, James A ^a,c   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a,c   Chai, Paul J ^a,c   Morell, Victor O ^b   Giroud, Jorge M ^a,c   Boucek, Robert J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

CHILD; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; POLITEF IMPLANT; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21844469253     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105001046     Document Type: Review

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