Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction With Contegra Monocuspid Transannular Patch in Tetralogy of Fallot

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-187

  Chiappini, Bruno ^a   Barrea, Catherine ^a   Rubay, Jean ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; XENOGRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33845479900     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.07.071     Document Type: Article

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