Compression of an extracardiac Fontan following classic Fontan revision

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-257

  Lyons, Jefferson M ^a   Duffy, Jodie Y ^a   Manning, Peter B ^a   Pearl, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMRINONE; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; HIRUDIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ERUPTION; EXTUBATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMATOMA; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 2542442528     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04072.x     Document Type: Article

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