How Good Is a Good Fontan? Quality of Life and Exercise Capacity of Fontans Without Arrhythmias

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1961-1969

  d'Udekem, Yves ^a   Cheung, Michael M H ^a   Setyapranata, Stella ^a   Iyengar, Ajay J ^a   Kelly, Patricia ^a   Buckland, Naomi ^a   Grigg, Leeanne E ^b   Weintraub, Robert G ^a   Vance, Alasdair ^a   Brizard, Christian P ^a   Penny, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SURVIVOR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949128398     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.079     Document Type: Article

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