Outcome in infants less than 3 kilograms for placement of saphenous venous homografts as systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunts

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-391

  Erez, Eldad ^a   Bush, David ^a   Tam, Vincent K H ^a   Doublin, Nancy A ^a   Stakes, Jeanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Low birth weight; Neonates; Palliative surgery

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITEF IMPLANT; PULMONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC PULMONARY SHUNT; THROMBOSIS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47949085834     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002370     Document Type: Article

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