Polytetrafluoroethylene graft calcification in patients with surgically repaired congenital heart disease: Evaluation using multidetector-row computed tomography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 806.e1-806.e8

  Hayabuchi, Yasunobu ^a   Mori, Kazuhiro ^a   Kitagawa, Tetsuya ^a   Sakata, Miho ^a   Kagami, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34247123599     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.01.035     Document Type: Article

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