Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction: What Conduit to Use? Homograft or Contegra?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 606-611

  Sierra, Jorge ^a   Christenson, Jan T ^a   Lahlaidi, Nadia H ^a   Beghetti, Maurice ^a   Kalangos, Afksendiyos ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34447557702     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.055     Document Type: Article

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