Encouraging results for the Contegra conduit in the problematic right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery connection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 665-671

  Morales, David L S ^a   Braud, Brandi E ^b   Gunter, Kathryn S ^b   Carberry, Kathleen E ^b   Arrington, Karol A ^b   Heinle, Jeffrey S ^a   McKenzie, E Dean ^a   Fraser Jr , Charles D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTEGRA CONDUIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33747787749     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.061     Document Type: Article

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