Decreasing Number of Deaths of Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-358

  Gordon, Brent M ^a   Rodriguez, Sandra ^b   Lee, Maggie ^c   Chang, Ruey Kang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 49349091793     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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