Favourable mid-term outcome after heart transplantation for late Fontan failure

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 665-671

  Michielon, Guido ^a   van Melle, Joost P ^a   Wolff, Djoeke ^a   Di Carlo, Duccio ^b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Mattila, Ilkka P ^d   Berggren, Hakan ^e   Lindberg, Harald ^f   Padalino, Massimo A ^g   Meyns, Bart ^h   Prêtre, René ⁱ   Helvind, Morten ^j   Carrel, Thierry ^k   Ebels, Tjark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^k Swiss Cardiovascular Center University Hospital   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Failing fontan; Fontan operation; Heart failure; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN FAILURE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926484155     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu280     Document Type: Article

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