Primary repair of isolated ventricular septal defect in infancy guided by echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1498-1501

  Carotti, Adriano ^a   Marino, Bruno ^a   Bevilacqua, Maurizio ^a   Marcelletti, Carlo ^a   Rossi, Eugenio ^a   Santoro, Gaetano ^a   Simone, Giuseppe De ^a   Pasquini, Luciano ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030967491     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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