Stent implantation to maintain patency of a stenosed Blalock Taussig shunt

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 274-276

  Kouatli, Amjad ^a   Al Ata, Jameel ^a   Galal, M Omar ^a   Amin, Muhammed A ^a   Hussain, Arif ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STENOSIS; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 25844518584     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230501300318     Document Type: Article

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