Aortic coarctation diagnosed in a hypertensive child undergoing Doppler sonography for suspected renal artery stenosis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 384-386

  Stein, Marjorie W ^a   Koenigsberg, Mordecai ^a   Grigoropoulos, Jerry ^a   Cohen, Bruce C ^a   Issenberg, Henry ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic coartation; Doppler sonography; Hypertensive child; Renal artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA ARCH; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARM; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPLASIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LEG; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RENAL ARTERY; SYSTOLE; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036943965     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0656-0     Document Type: Article

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