Off-pump connection of the hepatic to the azygos vein through a lateral thoracotomy for relief of arterio-venous fistulas after a Kawashima procedure

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-315

  Lopez, Fatima E F G ^a   Van den Heuvel, Freek ^a   Pieper, Petronella G ^a   Waterbolk, Tjalling W ^a   Ebels, Tjark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary bypass; Left isomerism; Relapsing cyanosis; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; KAWASHIMA PROCEDURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC PULMONARY SHUNT; THORACOTOMY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 44649189759     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002254     Document Type: Article

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