Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2009 Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Outflow tract obstruction, coarctation of the aorta, tetralogy of Fallot, Ebstein anomaly and Marfan's syndrome

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Silversides, Candice K ^a   Kiess, Marla ^b   Beauchesne, Luc ^c   Bradley, Timothy ^d   Connelly, Michael ^e   Niwa, Koichiro ^f   Mulder, Barbara ^g   Webb, Gary ^h   Colman, Jack ^a   Therrien, Judith ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f CHIBA CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Cincinnati Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program   (United States)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Bicuspid aortic valve; Coarctation of the aorta; Congenital heart disease; Ebstein anomaly; Marfan's syndrome; Outflow tract obstruction; Tetralogy of fallot

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AORTA COARCTATION; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CANADA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950620863     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70355-X     Document Type: Review

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