Growth of the right heart after balloon valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary stenosis in the newborn

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 982-984

  Velvis, Harm ^a   Raines, Karen H ^a   Bensky, Andrew S ^a   Covitz, Wesley ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

BALLOON DILATATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031005239     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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