In utero valvuloplasty for pulmonary atresia with hypoplastic right ventricle: Techniques and outcomes

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Tworetzky, Wayne ^a,b   McElhinney, Doff B ^a,b   Marx, Gerald R ^a,b   Benson, Carol B ^c   Brusseau, Roland ^a   Morash, Donna ^a   Wilkins Haug, Louise E ^c   Lock, James E ^a,b   Marshall, Audrey C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal ultrasonography; Heart and blood vessels; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASOUND; VALVULOPLASTY;

BALLOON DILATATION; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PULMONARY ATRESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349250326     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2014     Document Type: Article

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