Results of the modified Fontan procedure are not related to age at operation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-650

  Pace Napoleone, Carlo ^a   Oppido, Guido ^a   Angeli, Emanuela ^a   Giardini, Alessandro ^a   Resciniti, Elvira ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fontan; Outcomes; Univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED FONTAN PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76449120350     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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