Ten-year outcomes of Fontan conversion in Australia and New Zealand demonstrate the superiority of a strategy of early conversion

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 530-535

  Poh, Chin Leng ^a,b   Cochrane, Andrew ^c   Galati, John C ^a,d   Bullock, Andrew ^e   Celermajer, David S ^f,g   Gentles, Tom ^h   du Plessis, Karin ^a   Winlaw, David S ⁱ   Hornung, Tim ^h   Finucane, Kirsten ^h   d'Udekem, Yves ^a,b,j  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^j ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Atriopulmonary Fontan; Fontan conversion; Fontan procedure; Long term outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959867967     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv112     Document Type: Article

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