Pulmonary insufficiency is the nexus of late complications in tetralogy of fallot

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-322

  Gregg, David ^a   Foster, Elyse ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34447514183     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02938380     Document Type: Review

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