Closure of ventricular septal defects: A study of factors influencing spontaneous and surgical closure

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-363

  Turner, Stephen W ^a   Hornung, Tim ^a   Hunter, Stewart ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Endocarditis; Longitudinal study; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036654664     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100012968     Document Type: Article

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