Improving neurologic and quality-of-life outcomes in children with congenital heart disease: Past, present, and future

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Wernovsky, Gil ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38649133314     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.057     Document Type: Editorial

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