Left ventricular function before and after repair of an anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary trunk

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-83

  Mertens, Luc ^a   Weidemann, Frank ^a   Sutherland, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anomalous coronary arteries; Echocardiography; Regional myocardial function

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035220293     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951100012464     Document Type: Article

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