Evaluation of downsized homograft conduits for right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery reconstruction

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-71

  McMullan, David Michael ^a   Oppido, Guido ^a   Alphonso, Nelson ^a   Cochrane, Andrew Donald ^a,b   d'Acoz, Yves d'Udekem ^a,b   Brizard, Christian P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS, PERSISTENT;

EID: 33745198033     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.02.041     Document Type: Article

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