Use of sildenafil and nitric oxide in the management of hypoxemia owing to pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas after total cavopulmonary connection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 446-448

  Bhate, Sameer ^a   Rossiter Thornton, Michael ^b   Cooper, Stephen G ^a   Gillis, Jonathan ^a   Cole, Andrew D ^a   Sholler, Gary S ^a,b   Chard, Richard B ^a,b   Winlaw, David S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; SILDENAFIL;

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLALOCK HANLON OPERATION; CASE REPORT; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; MITRAL VALVE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANOXIA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PIPERAZINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PURINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 38649127224     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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