Long-Term Functional Assessment After Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot in Adulthood

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1790-1795

  Sadiq, Adil ^a   Shyamkrishnan, Kumaralingam Gopalakrishnan ^a   Theodore, Sanjay ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Sreeram ^a   Tharakan, Jagan Mohan ^a   Karunakaran, Jayakumar ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 34247280980     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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