Impact of placing a conduit from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries as the first stage of further palliation in the Norwood sequence for hypoplasia of the left heart

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 517-522

  Kostolny, Martin ^a,b   Hoerer, Juergen ^a   Eicken, Andreas ^a   Dietrich, Claudia ^a   Schreiber, Christian F ^a   Lange, Ruediger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Cardiothoracic Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduit stenoses; Norwood operation; Right ventricle to pulmonary artery modification

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CAVOPULMONARY SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUIT HEART STENOSIS; CYANOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; STENOSIS; STENT; STENT OBSTRUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35948937550     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110700100X     Document Type: Article

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