Perioperative placement of stents for relief of proximal pulmonary arterial stenoses in infants

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Sreeram, Narayanswami ^a   Emmel, Mathias ^a   Ben Mime, Lotfi ^a   Brockmeier, Konrad ^a   Bennink, Gerardus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infants; Stents; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; REOPERATION; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049100600     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108001868     Document Type: Article

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