Results of staged reconstruction for hypoplasia of the left heart: An experience of 12 years from one institution

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-518

  Thies, Wolf Ruediger ^a   Breymann, Thomas ^b   Boethig, Dietmar ^b   Blanz, Ute ^a   Meyer, Hans ^a   Koerfer, Reiner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Mortality; Norwood operation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542486515     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103001094     Document Type: Article

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