Improving surgical outcome following the Norwood procedure
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Improving surgical outcome following the Norwood procedure
BACKGROUND The Norwood procedure consists of three palliative operations, performed in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Especially the first stage (Norwood I) is associated with the highest mortality rates in paediatric cardiac surgery (up to 25%). During surgery, the aorta is reconstructed and a systemic-to-pulmonary shunt is applied. Originally the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt...
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عنوان ژورنال: Netherlands Heart Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1568-5888,1876-6250
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-011-0171-8