Children and adolescents with repaired tetralogy of fallot report quality of life similar to healthy peers

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-27

  Kwon, Elena N ^a,b   Mussatto, Kathleen ^a   Simpson, Pippa M ^b   Brosig, Cheryl ^a,b   Nugent, Melodee ^b   Samyn, Margaret M ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Pediatrics; Quality of Life; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE VOLUME; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79251470783     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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