Pulmonary artery size and function after Fontan operation at a young age
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Pulmonary artery size and late functional outcome after Fontan operation.
BACKGROUND Pulmonary artery (PA) growth after a Fontan procedure tends to be suboptimal to somatic growth. This study aimed to investigate whether the PA size affects the late outcomes of the Fontan procedure. METHODS This study enrolled 120 Fontan patients. Their mean age was 19.3 ± 5.6 years. PA size was measured from computed tomographic images. Patients were divided into three groups acco...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1053-1807,1522-2586
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21544