The Fontan Connections: Past, Present, and Future

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-182

  Said, Sameh M ^a   Burkhart, Harold M ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fontan circulation; right heart bypass; single ventricle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990341449     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135111434806     Document Type: Article

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