Can pulmonary conduit dysfunction and failure be reduced in infants and children less than age 2 years at initial implantation?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Karamlou, Tara ^a,b   Blackstone, Eugene H ^b   Hawkins, John A ^c   Jacobs, Marshall L ^d   Kanter, Kirk R ^e   Brown, John W ^f   Mavroudis, Constantine ^g   Caldarone, Christopher A ^a   Williams, William G ^a   McCrindle, Brian W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 33748787989     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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