Pitfalls in echocardiographic-based repair of aortic coarctation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1382-1383

  Rinelli, Gabriele ^a   Marino, Bruno ^a   Santoro, Giuseppe ^a   De Simone, Giuseppe ^a   Di Carlo, Duccio ^a   Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Pasquini, Luciano ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC COARCTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0030782365     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00692-9     Document Type: Article

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