Experience from a single centre concerning the surgical spectrum and outcome of adolescents and adults with congenitally malformed hearts in West Africa

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-164

  Edwin, Frank ^a   Sereboe, Lawrence A ^a   Tettey, Mark M ^a   Aniteye, Ernest A ^a   Kotei, David A ^a   Tamatey, Martin M ^a   Entsua Mensah, Kow ^a   Frimpong Boateng, Kwabena ^a  

^a Korle Bu Teaching Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Palliative; Patch; Shunt; Total repair

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT ARTERIAL DUCT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953617858     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109990679     Document Type: Article

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