Pulmonary Homograft Monocusp Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Outcomes to the Intermediate Term

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Nath, Dilip S ^a   Nussbaum, Daniel P ^a   Yurko, Christopher ^a   Ragab, Omar M ^a   Shin, Angela J ^a   Kumar, S Ram ^a   Starnes, Vaughn A ^a   Wells, Winfield J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HOMOGRAFT MONOCUSP RECONSTRUCTION; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 77953567890     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.045     Document Type: Article

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