Fontan's operation: Evolution from a procedure to a process

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 67-71

  Giroud, Jorge M ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double inlet ventricle; Single ventricle; Tricuspid atresia; Univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEATH; DOG; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; EXPERIENCE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; EVOLUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENOUS PRESSURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 33646182511     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105002350     Document Type: Article

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