Coarctectomy combined with an interdigitating arch reconstruction results in a lower incidence of recurrent arch obstruction after the Norwood procedure than coarctectomy alone

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1098-1102

  Lamers, Luke J ^a,b   Frommelt, Peter C ^a,b   Mussatto, Kathleen A ^b   Jaquiss, Robert D B ^a,b   Mitchell, Michael E ^a,b   Tweddell, James S ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COARCTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERDIGITATING AORTA ARCH RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT AORTA ARCH OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURES; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84859757034     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.037     Document Type: Article

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