1995
Thromboembolic complications after Fontan operations.
Rosenthal D, Friedman A, Kleinman C, Kopf G, Rosenfeld L, Hellenbrand W. Thromboembolic complications after Fontan operations. Circulation 1995, 92: ii287-93. PMID: 7586425, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.92.9.287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRate of thrombosisFontan operationThromboembolic complicationsTotal cavopulmonary connectionThromboembolic eventsCavopulmonary connectionTime of presentationConduit interpositionCerebrovascular eventsFontan procedurePerioperative periodSignificant morbidityAtriopulmonary connectionVenous circulationComplicationsLeft ventriclePatientsThrombosisOverall rateYearsThromboembolismMorbiditySurgeryThrombusGroup
1990
Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Elefteriades J, Biblo L, Batsford W, Rosenfeld L, Henthorn R, Carlson M, Waldo A, Hsu J, Geha A. Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1990, 49: 94-100. PMID: 2297279, DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90362-a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutomatic implantable cardioverter defibrillatorResection groupThirty-day mortalityCoronary artery bypassMalignant ventricular tachyarrhythmiasIntractable ventricular arrhythmiasImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorAICD placementArtery bypassSurgical treatmentEndocardial resectionVentricular arrhythmiasVentricular tachyarrhythmiasAntiarrhythmic agentsSudden deathCardioverter defibrillatorResectionMortality figuresPatientsEffective interventionsGreatest overall benefitSurvivalGroupOverall benefitValuable alternative