Preoperative determinants of recovery time in adult Fallot patients after late pulmonary valve replacement

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-124

  Henkens, Ivo R ^a   van Straten, Alexander ^a   Hazekamp, Mark G ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   de Roos, Albert ^a   van der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Vliegen, Hubert W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult congenital Heart disease; Pulmonary valve; Recovery time; Tetralogy of Fallot; Valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; QRS COMPLEX;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 34548045024     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.055     Document Type: Article

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