Advances in congenital heart surgery

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 574-578

  Welke, Karl F ^a   Komanapalli, Christopher ^a   Shen, Irving ^a   Ungerleider, Ross M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Congenital; Heart defects; Review

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

AORTA COARCTATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26044436891     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000172814.33896.ac     Document Type: Review

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