Is heart transplantation for complex congenital heart disease a good option? A 25-year single centre experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 605-611

  Seddio, Francesco ^a   Gorislavets, Natalyia ^a   Iacovoni, Attilio ^a   Cugola, Diego ^a   Fontana, Alessandra ^a   Galletti, Lorenzo ^a   Terzi, Amedeo ^a   Ferrazzi, Paolo ^a  

^a Bergamo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Heart transplantation; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TWO VENTRICLE DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873648681     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs350     Document Type: Article

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