Serial echocardiographic measurements of the pulmonary autograft in the aortic valve position after the ross operation in a pediatric population using normal pulmonary artery dimensions as the reference standard

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1119-1123

  Solowiejczyk, David E ^a,b   Bourlon, François ^a,b   Apfel, Howard D ^a,b   Hordof, Allan J ^a,b   Hsu, Daphne T ^a,b   Crabtree, Gregg ^a,b   Galantowicz, Mark ^a,b   Gersony, Welton M ^a,b   Quaegebeur, Jan M ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Cardiothoracic Heart Center of Monaco   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC VALVE; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034191967     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00707-4     Document Type: Article

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