Determinants of right ventricular outflow tract conduit longevity: A multinational analysis

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 176-184

  Niemantsverdriet, Marieke B A ^a,b   Ottenkamp, Jaap ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^b   Del Nido, Pedro J ^b   Hazenkamp, Mark G ^a   Jenkins, Kathy J ^b  

^a Amsterdam/Leiden (CAHAL)   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Conduit; Congenital heart disease; Contegra; Homograft; Right ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 45349105672     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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