Pulmonary artery growth fails to match the increase in body surface area after the Fontan operation

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 511-514

  Tatum, G H ^a   Sigfusson G ^a   Ettedgui, J A ^a   Myers, J L ^b   Cyran, S E ^b   Weber, H S ^a   Webber, Steven A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645222625     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.070243     Document Type: Review

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