Birth Weight and Complexity Are Significant Factors for the Management of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1252-1259

  Artrip, John H ^a   Campbell, David N ^a   Ivy, D Dunbar ^a   Almodovar, Melvin C ^a   Chan, Kak Chen ^a   Mitchell, Max B ^a   Clarke, David R ^a   Lacour Gayet, François ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLALOCK HANLON OPERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG ARTERY BANDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748745658     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.062     Document Type: Article

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