Doppler echocardiographic study of the pulmonary artery and its branches in 114 normal neonates

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-42

  Du, Z D ^a   Roguin, N ^a   Barak, M ^a   Hershkowitz, S ^a   Milgram, E ^a   Brezins, M ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Left pulmonary artery; Main pulmonary artery; Right pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PULMONARY ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031060524     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900106     Document Type: Article

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