Balloon angioplasty for blalock-taussig shunt failure in the early postoperative period

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 585-589

  MacMillan, Margaret ^a   Jones, Thomas K ^a   Lupinetti, Flavian M ^a   Johnston, Troy Alan ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon Angioplasty; Blalock Taussig shunt; Catheterization; Congenital heart disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MALE; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28844446583     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20438     Document Type: Article

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