Echocardiographic, morphologic, and geometric variations of the left ventricular outflow tract: Possible role in the pathogenesis of discrete subaortic stenosis

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-221

  Tutar, H Ercan ^a,b   Atalay, Semra ^a   Türkay, Sadi ^a   Gümüş, Haul ^a   Imamoglu, Ayten ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Büklüm Sokak 20/17 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034066724     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100305     Document Type: Article

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