Transthoracic ultrasonic visualisation of coronary aneurysm, stenosis, and occlusion in Kawasaki disease

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 400-405

  Hiraishi, S ^a   Misawa, H ^a   Takeda, N ^a   Horiguchi, Y ^a   Fujino, N ^a   Ogawa, N ^a   Hirota, H ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery aneurysm; Coronary artery stenosis; Echocardiography; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0034122958     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.4.400     Document Type: Article

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