111 Fontan Conversions with Arrhythmia Surgery: Surgical Lessons and Outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1457-1466

  Mavroudis, Constantine ^a,b   Deal, Barbara J ^a,b   Backer, Carl L ^a,b   Stewart, Robert D ^a,b   Franklin, Wayne H ^a,b   Tsao, Sabrina ^a,b   Ward, Kendra M ^a,b   DeFreitas, R Andrew ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DOUBLE INLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HETEROTAXY ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; PULMONARY ATRESIA INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPOSITION WITH STRADDLING ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35348892562     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.079     Document Type: Article

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