MELD-XI score and cardiac mortality or transplantation in patients after Fontan surgery

2013173 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Gabriele Egidy Assenza · Harvard University

Dionne A. Graham · Boston Children's Hospital

Michael J. Landzberg · Harvard University

Anne Marie Valente · Boston Children's Hospital

Michael Singh · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Aamir Bashir · Boston Children's Hospital

Susan M. Fernandes

Abstract

Fontan patients with a higher MELD-XI score have shorter freedom from sudden cardiac death, death from congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation.

Topics & Keywords

Congenital Heart Disease Studies Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Heart

Volume 99, Issue 7, pp. 491-496

DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303347

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