Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunt: Alternative Palliation in Infants With Inadequate Pulmonary Blood Flow Prior to Two-Ventricle Repair

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-188

  Bradley, Scott M ^a   Erdem, Can C ^a   Hsia, Tain Yen ^a   Atz, Andrew M ^a   Bandisode, Varsha ^a   Ringewald, Jeremy M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BIVENTRICULAR HEART DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANASTOMOSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47049122841     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.047     Document Type: Article

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