True Aneurysmal Dilatation of a Contegra Conduit after Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction: A Novel Mechanism of Conduit Failure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1976-1977

  Bautista Hernandez, Victor ^a   Kaza, Aditya K ^a   Benavidez, Oscar J ^a   Pigula, Frank A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTEGRA CONDUIT; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATTLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 56049088777     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.104     Document Type: Article

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