Controversies in the definition and management of insignificant left-to-right shunts

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 200-205

  Cantinotti, Massimiliano ^a   Assanta, Nadia ^a   Murzi, Bruno ^a   Lopez, Leo ^b  

^a Ospedale del Cuore   (Italy)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 85047695361     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304372     Document Type: Review

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