Longitudinal growth of the autologous vessels above and below the Gore-Tex graft after the extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 996-1001

  Ochiai, Yoshie ^a   Imoto, Yutaka ^a   Sakamoto, Masato ^a   Sese, Akira ^a   Tsukuda, Masaaki ^a   Watanabe, Mamie ^a   Ohno, Takuro ^a   Joo, Kunitaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fontan procedure; Gore Tex graft; Vessel growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEPATIC VEIN; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAMINAR FLOW; LUNG ARTERY BANDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROWTH; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951297884     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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