Intracardiac thrombus in adults with the Fontan circulation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 646-651

  Tsang, Wendy ^a   Johansson, Bengt ^b   Salehian, Omid ^a   Holm, Johan ^a   Webb, Gary ^a   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^b   Therrien, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functionally univentricular circulation; Outcomes; Treatments

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 36348997012     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110700145X     Document Type: Article

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