Mortality After Total Cavopulmonary Connection in Children With the Down Syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-868

  Gupta Malhotra, Monesha ^a   Larson, Virgil E V ^b   Rosengart, Ronald M ^c   Guo, Hongfei ^b   Moller, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77649148180     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.11.043     Document Type: Article

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