Diagnostic and surgical trends, and epidemiology of coarctation of the aorta in a population-based study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Grech, V ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Heart defects, congenital, epidemiology; Heart defects, congenital, surgery; Heart defects, congenital, trends

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALTA; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC COARCTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033611755     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00352-0     Document Type: Article

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