The natural and unnatural history of congenital heart disease /

Evaluates the natural history of congenital heart lesions as a background to finding out if and how much treatment has improved outcomes.; Introduces and defines lesions, providing general information about its frequency, familial or syndromic associations, and associated congenital heart lesions.;...

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Main Author: Hoffman, Julien I. E., 1925-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Evaluates the natural history of congenital heart lesions as a background to finding out if and how much treatment has improved outcomes.; Introduces and defines lesions, providing general information about its frequency, familial or syndromic associations, and associated congenital heart lesions.; Provides sections on pathological anatomy and physiology - important in determining outcomes.; Includes results of surgery, both in terms of survival and also in terms of event-free survival, that is, survival free of reoperation, cardiac failure, arrhythmias, and other late complications that are o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 609 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781444314045
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9781405179270
9786612259449
6612259442