Is the "perfect fontan" operation routinely achievable in the modern era?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 328-336

  Kirklin, James K ^a   Brown, Robert N ^a   Bryant, Ayesha S ^a   Naftel, David C ^a   Colvin, Edward V ^b   Pearce, F Bennett ^b   Romp, Robb L ^b   Johnson Jr , Walter H ^b   Lau, Yung R ^b   McMahon, William S ^b   Knott Craig, Christopher J ^a   Pacifico, Albert D ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Extra cardiac connections; Functionally single ventricle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; POLITEF; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE ATRESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; REOPERATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649141865     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002278     Document Type: Article

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