Adults with down syndrome: Safety and long-term outcome of cardiac operation

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-43

  Majdalany, David S ^a   Burkhart, Harold M ^a   Connolly, Heidi M ^a   Abel, Martin D ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Warnes, Carole A ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Cardiac surgery; Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949107197     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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