Exercise testing identifies patients at increased risk for morbidity and mortality following fontan surgery

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-303

  Fernandes, Susan M ^a   Alexander, Mark E ^a   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a   Clair, Mathieu ^a   Rodriguez, Elizabeth ^a   Pearson, Dorothy D ^a   Landzberg, Michael J ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital; Exercise tests; Fontan procedure; Heart defects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960681307     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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