Two cases of warfarin-induced tracheobronchial calcification after Fontan surgery

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 954-958

  Eckersley, Luke ^a   Stirling, John ^a   Occleshaw, Christopher ^b   Wilson, Nigel ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calcification; Congenital heart disease; Fontan; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STAINLESS STEEL; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG FORMULATION; EMBOLIZATION COIL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG ARTERY BANDING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEA CALCIFICATION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL CALCIFICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BRONCHUS; CALCINOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TRACHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRONCHI; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; WARFARIN;

EID: 84904689919     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-0880-z     Document Type: Article

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