Impaired pulmonary perfusion associated with thymus hyperplasia in an infant candidate for Fontan operation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2348-2351

  Ishido, Hirotaka ^a   Masutani, Satoshi ^a   Senzaki, Hideaki ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fontan procedure; Risk factor; Surgery

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AORTOPULMONARY SHUNT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; STEROIDS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349091221     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0949     Document Type: Article

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