Right ventricular structure and function as possible determinants of surgical outcome 30 years after repair of tetralogy of fallot

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 458-461

  Mesquita, Sonia F ^a   Snitcowsky, Raquel ^a   Lopes, Antonio Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Right ventricular structure; Surgery; Tetralogy of fallot

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PULMONARY VALVE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DYSPNEA; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 6944223258     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2003001300002     Document Type: Article

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