Is the extracardiac conduit the preferred fontan approach for patients with univentricular hearts?: The extracardiac conduit is not the preferred fontan approach for patients with univentricular hearts

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2516-2525

  Khairy, Paul ^a   Poirier, Nancy ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; congenital heart disease; Fontan procedure; single ventricle; univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; EXTRACARDIAC CONDUIT; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THEORY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS;

EID: 84869842190     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.075036     Document Type: Article

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