Comparison of Norwood Shunt Types: Do the Outcomes Differ 6 Years Later?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Graham, Eric M ^a   Zyblewski, Sinai C ^a   Phillips, Jacob W ^a   Shirali, Girish S ^a   Bradley, Scott M ^b   Forbus, Geoffery A ^a   Bandisode, Varsha M ^a   Atz, Andrew M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; SURVIVAL;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 77953624446     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.078     Document Type: Article

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