The Fontan procedure: Contemporary techniques have improved long-term outcomes

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 11 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  D'Udekem, Yves ^a,h   Iyengar, Ajay J ^a   Cochrane, Andrew D ^a   Grigg, Leeanne E ^d   Ramsay, James M ^e   Wheaton, Gavin R ^f,g   Penny, Dan J ^b,c   Brizard, Christian P ^a  

^a Royal Children's Hospital

^b Royal Children's Hospital

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^f WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g New Zealand Children's Heart Research Center   (Australia)

^h ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Fontan procedure; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART OUTPUT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748845815     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.676445     Document Type: Article

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