Fontan extracardiac tunnel connection: Fenestration or not?

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2335-2338

  Song, Fu ^a   Klaus, Valeske ^b   Hakan, Akinturk ^b   Dietmar, Schranz ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fenestration; Fontan tunnel extracardiac connection; Univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FENESTRATION; FONTAN EXTRACARDIAC TUNNEL CONNECTION; GERMANY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 70350590972     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.19.027     Document Type: Article

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