Successful Bridge to Transplant With the Berlin Heart After Cavopulmonary Shunt

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-401

  Irving, Claire A ^a   Cassidy, Jane V ^a   Kirk, Richard C ^a   Griselli, Massimo ^a   Hasan, Asif ^a   Crossland, David S ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA, THORACIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT, NEWBORN; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 62949094551     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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