Cleft of the mitral valve in patients with Down's syndrome

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-31

  Fraisse, Alain ^a   Massih, Tony Abdel ^a   Bonnet, Damien ^a   Sidi, Daniel ^a   Kachaner, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Cleft; Down's syndrome; Mitral valve disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036359971     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000057     Document Type: Article

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