Quantitative Analysis of Extracardiac Versus Intraatrial Fontan Anatomic Geometries

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 810-817

  KrishnankuttyRema, Resmi ^a   Dasi, Lakshmi P ^a   Pekkan, Kerem ^a   Sundareswaran, Kartik ^a   Fogel, Mark ^b   Sharma, Shiva ^c   Kanter, Kirk ^d   Spray, Thomas ^b   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c Pediatric Cardiology Services   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GEOMETRY; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MATHEMATICS; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 39149137229     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.082     Document Type: Article

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