Extracorporeal support in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Who and why?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 390-391

  McMullan, David Michael ^a   Dalton, Heidi J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Single ventricle physiology

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33745906980     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000224995.71310.DD     Document Type: Editorial

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