Outcome of 200 patients after an extracardiac Fontan procedure

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-116

  Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Woong Han ^b   Lim, Hong Gook ^a   Lee, Jae Young ^a  

^a Sejong General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46049102984     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.032     Document Type: Article

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