Surgical Approaches to the Blalock Shunt. Does the Approach Matter?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 460-464

  Shauq, Arjamand ^a   Agarwal, Vijay ^a   Karunaratne, Ajith ^a   Gladman, Gordon ^a   Pozzi, Marco ^a   Kaarne, Markku ^a   Ladusans, Edmund J ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Shunts; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954761673     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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