Specific issues after extracardiac fontan operation: Ventricular function, growth potential, arrhythmia, and thromboembolism

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 665-672

  Chowdhury, Ujjwal K ^a   Airan, Balram ^a   Kothari, Shyam Sundar ^a   Talwar, Sachin ^a   Saxena, Anita ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^a   Subramaniam, Ganapathy K ^a   Pradeep, Kizakke K ^a   Patel, Chetan D ^a   Venugopal, Panangipalli ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROWTH; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERICARDIUM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 22544448940     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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