Conversion of the failed Fontan circulation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Backer, Carl L ^a   Deal, Barbara J ^a   Mavroudis, Constantine ^a   Franklin, Wayne H ^a   Stewart, Robert D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrioventricular valvar atresia; Cardiac failure; Double inlet ventricle; Functionally univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; OXYGEN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; MILRINONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART VENTRICLE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646196300     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105002386     Document Type: Article

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