Echocardiographic Evaluation of Cardiac Valvular Abnormalities in Adults with Down's Syndrome

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Hamada, Toshihiko ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a   Koshino, Yoshifumi ^b   Murata, Tetsuhito ^a   Omori, Masao ^a   Nishio, Masashi ^a   Misawa, Toshihiro ^c   Isaki, Kiminori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Down's syndrome; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RISK FACTOR; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RISK FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032067473     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.185.31     Document Type: Article

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