Use of surveillance criteria reduces interstage mortality after the Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1013-1018

  Hansen, Jan H ^a   Furck, Anke K ^b   Petko, Colin ^a   Buchholz berdau, Regina ^a   Voges, Inga ^a   Scheewe, Jens ^a   Rickers, Carsten ^a   Kramer, Hans Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home surveillance; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Norwood procedure; Superior cavopulmonary anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HOME CARE; HOME SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVOPULMONARY ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

OXYGEN;

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NORWOOD PROCEDURES; OXYGEN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84863820342     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr190     Document Type: Article

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