Spontaneous Closure of Small Residual Ventricular Septal Defects After Surgical Repair

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 902-905

  Dodge Khatami, Ali ^a   Knirsch, Walter ^a   Tomaske, Maren ^a   Prêtre, René ^a   Bettex, Dominique ^a   Rousson, Valentin ^b   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847287267     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.086     Document Type: Article

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