A decade of staged Norwood palliation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome in a midsized cardiosurgical center

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 751-755

  Krasemann, T ^a   Fenge, H ^a   Kehl, H G ^a   Rukosujew, A ^a   Schmid, C ^a   Scheld, H H ^a   Tjan, T D T ^a   Vogt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital size; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Mortality rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

GERMANY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURGICENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31144474867     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-0908-5     Document Type: Article

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