Predictors of successful pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty: 10-year experience

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 236-243

  Mendelsohn, Alan M ^a   Banerjee, Anirban ^a   Meyer, Richard A ^a   Schwartz, David C ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

balloon valvuloplasty; pulmonary stenosis; transcatheter therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RESTENOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029803768     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199611)39:3<236::AID-CCD6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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