Trends in mortality (1975-2011) after one- and two-stage fontan surgery, including bidirectional glenn through fontan completion

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 602-609

  Wolff, Djoeke ^a   Van melle, Joost P ^b   Ebels, Tjark ^b   Hillege, Hans ^b   Van slooten, Ymkje J ^b   Berger, Rolf M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fontan; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; BIDIRECTIONAL CAVOPULMONARY SHUNT; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896464711     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt461     Document Type: Article

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