Balloon atrial septostomy and pre-operative brain injury in neonates with transposition of the great arteries: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Polito, Angelo ^a   Ricci, Zaccaria ^a   Fragasso, Tiziana ^a   Cogo, Paola E ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

balloon atrial septostomy; brain injury; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

BALLOON ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL SEPTUM; BRAIN DISEASES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 84857477836     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951111001909     Document Type: Review

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