Should a Down Syndrome Child With a Failing Heart Be Offered Heart Transplantation?
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[Should biatrial heart transplantation still be performed?: A Meta-analysis].
The outcomes of total and bicaval heart transplantation techniques are better than those of the biatrial technique; however, the latter is still considered the gold-standard. The objective of this study was to determine whether the total and bicaval heart transplantation techniques are, in fact, better than the biatrial technique. A systematic review with meta-analysis was carried out. Studies ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.041