Late follow-up of patients who underwent palliation for complex congenital heart disease in childhood

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-158

  Hoffmann, Andreas ^a,c   Wyler, Felix ^a   Günthard, Joelle ^a   Grädel, Erich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Long Term; Palliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 41549165684     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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