Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Current Review

Current Pediatrics Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-91

  Gillespie, Matthew J ^a   McElhinney, Doff B ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine jugular vein; Conduit; Melody valve; Percutaneous valve; Pulmonary stenosis; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888050951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40124-013-0013-9     Document Type: Review

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