Diagnosis of perigraft seroma formation by use of echocardiography after modified Blalock-Taussig shunt

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 385-387

  Dogan, Omer Faruk ^a,b   Duman, Umit ^a   Karagoz, Tevfik ^a   Ozkutlu, Suheyla ^a   Ersoy, Unsal ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Graft compression; Perigraft seroma

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ATRESIA; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEROMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PULMONARY ATRESIA; REOPERATION; SEROMA; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 24344455079     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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