The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 746-753 , April 2008

Perioperative B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict outcome after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis and total cavopulmonary connection

  • Jong-Hau Hsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Peter E. Oishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • ,
  • Roberta L. Keller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • ,
  • Omar Chikovani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • ,
  • Tom R. Karl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • ,
  • Anthony Azakie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • ,
  • Ian Adatia, MBChB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • ,
  • Jeffrey R. Fineman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Jeffrey R. Fineman, MD, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Medical Center, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0106, San Francisco, CA 94143.

Received 30 August 2007 ,Revised 5 October 2007 ,Accepted 31 October 2007.

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 This research was supported in part by grants K08 HL086513 (P.E.O.), K23 HL079922 (R.L.K.), HL61284 (J.R.F.), and UL RR024131-01 from the National Center for Research Resources, all from the National Institutes of Health, and from the Foundation Leducq (J.R.F.) and Biosite Diagnostic (J.R.F.). J.H.H. was supported in part by the Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.

PII: S0022-5223(07)01870-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.040

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 746-753 , April 2008

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