Eight years of pulmonary valve replacement with a suggestion of a promising alternative

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-47

  Neukamm, Christian ^a   Døhlen, Gaute ^a   Lindberg, Harald L ^a   Seem, Egil ^a   Norgård, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; right ventricular to pulmonary artery connections; surgical repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTEGRA VALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE; MONOCUSP VALVE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551569608     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2010.519401     Document Type: Article

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