The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 560-564 , September 2009

Aminoterminal brain-type natriuretic peptide levels correlate with heart failure in patients with bidirectional Glenn anastomosis and with morbidity after the Fontan operation

  • Evelyn Lechner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology, Children's and Maternity Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Evelyn Lechner, MD, Children's and Maternity Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 26-30, 4020 Linz, Austria.
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  • Elisabeth M. Schreier-Lechner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Laboratory, Children's and Maternity Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
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  • Anna Hofer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, General Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
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  • Roland Gitter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology, Children's and Maternity Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
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  • Rudolf Mair, MD

      Affiliations

    • Congenital Heart Surgery, General Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
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  • Ariane Biebl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Pediatrics, Children's and Maternity Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
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  • Gerald Tulzer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology, Children's and Maternity Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria

Received 12 December 2008 ,Revised 14 February 2009 ,Accepted 8 March 2009.

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PII: S0022-5223(09)00403-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.005

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 560-564 , September 2009

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