Usefulness of electron beam computed tomography in children with heterotaxy syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 188-194

  Chen, Shyh Jye ^a,b   Li, Yiu Wah ^a,c   Wang, Jou Kou ^a   Wu, Mei Hwan ^a   Chiu, Ing Sh ^a   Chang, Chung I ^a   Hsieh, Shu Chiang ^a   Su, Chen Tau ^a   Hsu, Jane Chien Yao ^a   Lue, Hung Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Children's Cardiac Found of the R   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; BRONCHI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032518930     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00879-5     Document Type: Article

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