Zhiyong Lin, Hanwei Ge, Jiyang Xue, Guowei Wu, Jie Du, Xingti Hu, Qifeng Zhao
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.6, pp. 711-720, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12503
Abstract Objective: This study aims to assess and compare the early and long-term effects of extracardiac
conduit (EC) and lateral tunnel (LT) in patients with a functional single ventricle through metaanalysis.
Design: A systematic search was performed in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP,
CBM, and WanFang databases for papers that were published until August 1, 2016. Cochrane
systematic review method was used for paper screening and information retrieve, and RevMan
5.3 software was applied for the meta-analysis.
Results: Data for 10 studies with a total of 3814 patients were retrieved. The advantages of EC
comparing to LT include: lower 30… More >
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