Closure of symptomatic ventricular septal defects: How early is too early?

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-39

  Kogon, B ^a   Butler, H ^b   Kirshbom, P ^b   Kanter, K ^b   McConnell, M ^c  

^a Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SIBLEY HEART CENTER CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Surgical timing; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHYLOTHORAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349085241     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9016-z     Document Type: Article

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