Palliative Surgery in Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) With Small Pulmonary Arteries
published by Damascus University
in 2004
in Medicine
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
Palliative procedures in TOF patients with
small-caliber pulmonary arteries aim at alleviating cyanosis and improving
the overall clinical condition, as well as progressively enlarging the small
pulmonary arteries, a step preceding the total surgical correction of TOF.
The present study compares between two types of palliative procedures, i.e.
Modified Blalock’s vs. Open Brock’s.
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