The impact of altitude on early outcome following the Fontan operation

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hosseinpour, Amir Reza ^a   Sudarshan, Catheine D ^c   Davies, Paul ^b   Nashef, Samer A M ^c   Barron, David J ^a   Brawn, William J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALTITUDE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248360236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-1-31     Document Type: Article

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