The extracardiac lateral tunnel Fontan, constructed with bovine pericardium: Comparison with the extracardiac conduit Fontan

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 928-933

  Lemler, Matthew S ^a,b   Ramaciotti, Claudio ^a   Stromberg, Daniel ^a   Scott, William A ^a   Leonard, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 33645210447     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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