Two Thousand Blalock-Taussig Shunts: A Six-Decade Experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2070-2075

  Williams, Jason A ^a   Bansal, Anshuman K ^a   Kim, Bradford J ^a   Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Patel, Nishant D ^a   Seth, Akhil K ^a   Alejo, Diane E ^a   Gott, Vincent L ^a   Vricella, Luca A ^a   Baumgartner, William A ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36249023725     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.067     Document Type: Article

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