Coarctation repair in neonates and young infants: Is small size or low weight still a risk factor?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-552

  Burch, Phillip T ^a   Cowley, Collin G ^b   Holubkov, Richard ^b   Null, Donald ^b   Lambert, Linda M ^a   Kouretas, Peter C ^a   Hawkins, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AORTIC COARCTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 68749087047     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.046     Document Type: Article

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