Aortic complications following pediatric heart transplantation: A case series and review

Aortic complications occur rarely after pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation, but are typically accompanied by catastrophic events. We describe the three cases of major aortic complications in our experience of 329 pediatric heart transplants. This case series and review highlight the importan...

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Autores principales: Lang, Sean M, Frazier, Elizabeth A, Collins, R Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27011691
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.171354
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spelling pubmed-47824672016-03-23 Aortic complications following pediatric heart transplantation: A case series and review Lang, Sean M Frazier, Elizabeth A Collins, R Thomas Ann Pediatr Cardiol Case Report Aortic complications occur rarely after pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation, but are typically accompanied by catastrophic events. We describe the three cases of major aortic complications in our experience of 329 pediatric heart transplants. This case series and review highlight the important risk factors for aortic complications after heart transplantation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4782467/ /pubmed/27011691 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.171354 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Aortic complications following pediatric heart transplantation: A case series and review
title_full Aortic complications following pediatric heart transplantation: A case series and review
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title_short Aortic complications following pediatric heart transplantation: A case series and review
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