Early diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta in children: A continuing dilemma

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 378-382

  Ing, Frank F ^a,b   Starc, Thomas J ^a   Griffiths, Sylvia P ^a   Gersony, Welton M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

coarctation of the aorta; diagnosis; repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE;

AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029840788     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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