Usefulness of echocardiography for detection of coronary artery thrombi in patients with Kawasaki disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1143-1146

  Minich, L LuAnn ^a,b   Tani, Lloyd Y ^a   Pagotto, Luciana T ^a   Young, Paul C ^a   Etheridge, Susan P ^a   Shoddy, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031766428     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00577-3     Document Type: Article

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