Role of gestational age and body weight on Doppler transmitral flow velocity pattern in very low birth weight infants

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 242-245

  Harada, K ^a   Tamura, M ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Ishida, A ^a   Takada, G ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Transmitral flow; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MITRAL VALVE; PREMATURITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0029992822     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02524801     Document Type: Article

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