The Contegra conduit in the right ventricular outflow tract is an independent risk factor for graft replacement

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-609

  Urso, Stefano ^a   Rega, Filip ^a   Meuris, Bart ^a   Gewillig, Marc ^a   Eyskens, Benedicte ^a   Daenen, Willem ^a   Heying, Ruth ^a   Meyns, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allograft; Homograft; Right ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SIZE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART GRAFT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSS PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUGULAR VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051556925     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.11.081     Document Type: Article

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