Progress in experimental and clinical subpulmonary assistance for Fontan circulation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: broda@bcm.edu.
² Regenerative Medicine Research, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.
³ Department of Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.

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Christopher R Broda et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Nov.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.102. Epub 2018 May 4.

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: broda@bcm.edu.
² Regenerative Medicine Research, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.
³ Department of Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.

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Keywords: circulatory assist device; failing fontan; fontan circulation; subpulmonary assist; total cavopulmonary connection.

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