Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of lesions of the right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonic valve

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-34

  Hutchison, Stuart J ^a   Rosin, Benjamin L ^a   Curry, Susan ^a   Chandraratna, P Anthony N ^a,b  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital lesions; masses; pulmonic valve; right ventricular outflow tract; transesophageal echocardiography; vegetations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030065443     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00864.x     Document Type: Article

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