Lateral Tunnel Fontan in the Current Era: Is It Still a Good Option?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 556-563

  Brown, John W ^a   Ruzmetov, Mark ^a   Deschner, Benjamin W ^a   Rodefeld, Mark D ^a   Turrentine, Mark W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; FENESTRATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART PACING; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549163658     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.050     Document Type: Article

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