What is the feasibility of imaging coronary arteries during routine echocardiograms in children?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 10 II, 2002, Pages 1127-1131

  Clouse, Michele ^a   Cailes, Colleen ^b   Devine, Judy ^b   Jordan, Mary ^b   Lester, Joel ^b   Lo, Linda ^b   Shah, Maully ^b   Wenger, Joanne ^b   Stevenson, J Geoffrey ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FISTULA; HUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; CHILD WELFARE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036781915     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.123257     Document Type: Article

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