Surgical management of tetralogy of Fallot: Where are we now and what is yet to come

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 932-936

  Jacobs, Marshall L ^a   Vricella, Luca A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; databases; surgery; tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; SHUNTING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HEART SURGERY; METHODOLOGY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 84892153537     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951113001959     Document Type: Article

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