Heart size on chest X-ray as a predictor of cardiac enlargement by echocardiography in children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 218-222

  Satou, G M ^b   Lacro, R V ^a   Chung, T ^c   Gauvreau, K ^a   Jenkins, K J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac enlargement; Cardiomegaly; Chest x ray; Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035052029     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010207     Document Type: Article

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