Histopathological evidence of aortopathy in newborns and infants with Tetralogy of Fallot at the time of the surgical repair

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2019, Pages 59-64

  Fabian, Ondrej ^a   Gebauer, Roman ^a   Koblizek, Miroslav ^a   Hornofova, Ludmila ^a   Janousek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Medial degeneration; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; AORTIC DISEASE; AORTIC STENOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; CONGENITAL VALVAR AORTIC STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL ALLOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOID TUMOR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEPSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; AGE; AORTA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HEART SURGERY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGE FACTORS; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 85063052110     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.02.004     Document Type: Article

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