Off-label use of stretchable polytetrafluoroethylene: Overexpansion of synthetic shunts

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 263-270

  Verbelen, Tom O ^a   Famaey, Nele ^b   Gewillig, Marc ^a   Rega, Filip R ^a   Meyns, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; PTFE; Shunt; Stents

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; DIAGNOSIS; GRAFTS; STENTS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS; CARDIAC-SURGERY; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY SHUNT; SHUNT; STENTING; TENSIOMETRY; THIN-WALLED; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; STENT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTEMIC PULMONARY SHUNT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77954671351     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139881003300501     Document Type: Article

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