Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with a polytetrafluoroethylene monocusp valve: A twelve-year experience

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1336-1343

  Brown, John W ^a   Ruzmetov, Mark ^a   Vijay, Palaniswamy ^a   Rodefeld, Mark D ^a   Turrentine, Mark W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PULMONARY VALVE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 34247344841     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.12.045     Document Type: Article

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