Questions remaining about the surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-267

  Sarris, George E ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pulmonary valve insufficiency; Right ventricular function; Right ventriculotomy; Transatrial transpulmonary repair

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EMBOLISM; CYANOSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; NEWBORN SURGERY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27844545877     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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