Jugular venous valved conduit (Contegra®) matches allograft performance in infant truncus arteriosus repair

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 890-898

  Hickey, Edward J ^a,b   McCrindle, Brian W ^b   Blackstone, Eugene H ^c   Yeh Jr , Thomas ^d   Pigula, Frank ^e   Clarke, David ^f   Tchervenkov, Christo I ^g   Hawkins, John ^h  

^a John W Kirklin Fellow of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Data Center   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Conduit; Contegra ; Truncus arteriosus

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CATHETER CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN VALVE;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 41949126378     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.12.052     Document Type: Article

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