Insights into catheter/Doppler discrepancies in congenital aortic stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1447-1450

  Lemler, Matthew S ^a   Valdes Cruz, Lilliam M ^b   Shandas, Robin S ^b   Cape, Edward G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cardiovasc Flow Dynam Lab C   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFANT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033562720     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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