Editorial: Intracardiac thrombosis after the Fontan procedure
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Arrhythmias after the Fontan procedure.
OBJECTIVE To study the determinants and outcome of arrhythmias after the Fontan type operation. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of data in patients operated on between 1972 and 1986 (follow up 5-19 years (mean 12 years)). PATIENTS All 60 patients undergoing a Fontan type procedure at the National Heart Hospital, London, during the study period (mean age (SD) 12.3 (6.8) years). RESULTS Posto...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(95)70073-0