Is early correction of congenital ventricular septal defect a better option in a developing country?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-327

  Ashfaq, Awais ^a   Zia, Hassaan Ashraf ^a   Amanullah, Muhammad Muneer ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950378889     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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