The Nonfenestrated Extracardiac Fontan Procedure: A Cohort of 145 Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1815-1820

  O'Brien Jr , James E ^a   Marshall, Jennifer A ^a   Young, Anne R ^a   Handley, Kristina M ^a   Lofland, Gary K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONFENESTRATED EXTRACARDIAC FONTAN PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77952385948     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.055     Document Type: Article

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