Fontan Conversion: Literature Review and Lessons Learned Over 20 Years

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 192-198

  Mavroudis, Constantine ^a   Deal, Barbara J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; congenital heart surgery; Fontan circulation; single ventricle physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; ABNORMALITIES; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 85050578483     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 2150136X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135115623960     Document Type: Article

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