How many echocardiograms are necessary for follow-up evaluation of patients with Kawasaki disease?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 328-330

  McMorrow Tuohy, Anne Marie ^a   Tani, Lloyd Y ^a   Cetta, Frank ^b   Lewin, Mark B ^c   Eidem, Benjamin W ^b   Van Buren, Peter ^c   Williams, Richard V ^a   Shaddy, Robert E ^a   Tuohy, Richard P ^a   Minich, L LuAnn ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035423386     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01655-1     Document Type: Article

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