A comparison of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt with the right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1479-1485

  Fiore, Andrew C ^a   Tobin, Courtney ^a   Jureidini, Saadeh ^a   Rahimi, Mohammad ^a   Kim, Eric S ^a   Schowengerdt, Kenneth ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLALOCK-TAUSSIG PROCEDURE; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955420165     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.062     Document Type: Article

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