The adult with congenital heart disease: Medical and surgical considerations for management

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 561-564

  Brown, Morgan L ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Burkhart, Harold M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Cardiac surgery; Congenital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PARENTHOOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 73349139473     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283302685     Document Type: Review

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