Single ventricle physiology: Surgical options, indications and outcomes

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-118

  Jaquiss, Robert D B ^a,b   Imamura, Michiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fontan operation; Norwood operation; Single ventricle; Univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA SURGERY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAMUS KAYE STANZEL OPERATION; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNT THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 62249181534     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e328323d85a     Document Type: Review

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