Surgery following primary right ventricular outflow tract stenting for Fallot's Tetralogy and variants: Rehabilitation of small pulmonary arteries

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 656-662

  Barron, David J ^a   Ramchandani, Bharat ^a   Murala, John ^a   Stumper, Oliver ^a   De Giovanni, Joseph V ^a   Jones, Timothy J ^a   Stickley, John ^a   Brawn, William J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Right ventricular outflow tract; Stenting; Tetrology of fallot

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTERIAL STENT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GLENN SHUNT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT STENTING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACARDIAC PATCH; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSANNULAR PATCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT; STENTING; TETROLOGY OF FALLOT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STENTS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84896955401     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt188     Document Type: Article

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