Coarctation index: Identification of recurrent coarctation in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after the Norwood procedure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 697-699

  Lemler, Matthew S ^a   Zellers, Thomas M ^a   Harris, Katherine A ^b   Ramaciotti, Claudio ^a  

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

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034665965     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01058-4     Document Type: Article

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