Balloon angioplasty of critical coarctation in a 970-gram premature infant

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 468-471

  McMahon, Colin J ^a,b   Alromani, Ahmed ^a   Nihill, Michael R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coarctation; Neonate

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREMATURITY; SYNDROME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC COARCTATION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0035407106     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951101000634     Document Type: Article

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