Risk factor analysis of 170 single-institutional contegra implantations in pulmonary position

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Dave, Hitendu ^a   Mueggler, Oliver ^a   Comber, Maurice ^a   Enodien, Bassey ^a   Nikolaou, Georgios ^a   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a   Jenni, Rolf ^b   Bettex, Dominique ^a   Prêtre, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; ROSS PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 78650433134     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.058     Document Type: Article

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