Laboratory measures of exercise capacity and ventricular characteristics and function are weakly associated with functional health status after fontan procedure

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-42

  McCrindle, Brian W ^a   Zak, Victor ^b   Sleeper, Lynn A ^b   Paridon, Stephen M ^c   Colan, Steven D ^d   Geva, Tal ^d   Mahony, Lynn ^e   Li, Jennifer S ^f   Breitbart, Roger E ^d   Margossian, Renee ^d   Williams, Richard V ^g   Gersony, Welton M ^h   Atz, Andrew M ⁱ  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fontan procedure; Heart defects, congenital; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC VOLUME; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 74549211308     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.869396     Document Type: Article

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