Atrial Remodeling After the Fontan Operation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1737-1742

  Wolf, Cordula M ^a,b   Seslar, Stephen P ^a,b   den Boer, Karen ^a,b   Juraszek, Amy L ^a,b   McGowan, Francis X ^a,b   Cowan, Douglas B ^a,b   Del Nido, Pedro ^a,b   Triedman, John K ^a,b   Berul, Charles I ^a,b   Walsh, Edward P ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70749114425     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.061     Document Type: Article

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