Evaluation of Silent Thrombus after the Fontan Operation

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Grewal, Jasmine ^a   Al Hussein, Mosaad ^a   Feldstein, Jaimee ^a   Kiess, Marla ^a   Ellis, Jennifer ^a   Human, Derek ^a   Leipsic, Jonathon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac; CT; Embolism; Fontan; Pulmonary artery; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873033727     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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