Arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: Experience from 2000-2002 in Taiwan

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-22

  Wu, Kun Lang ^a,b   Lin, Min Tai ^a   Wu, En Ting ^a   Lu, Frank Li ^a   Chang, Chung I ^a   Chiu, Ing Sh ^a   Chen, Yih Sharng ^a   Wang, Jou Kou ^a   Wu, Mei Hwan ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c National Taiwan University Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arterial switch operation; Neo aortic stenosis; Neo pulmonary stenosis; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

AGE; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942731445     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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