Dilatation and stenting of the Fontan pathway: Impact of the stenosis treatment on chronic ascites

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-43

  Ovroutski, Stanislav ^a   Ewert, Peter ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir ^a   Peters, Bjorn ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Berger, Felix ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38749126469     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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