Feasibility and usefulness of right ventricular ultrasonic tissue characterization with integrated backscatter in patients with unsuccessfully operatively "repaired" tetralogy of Fallot

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 669-671

  Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Calabrò, Paolo ^a   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   Verrengia, Marina ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Russo, Giovanna M ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037107030     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02583-3     Document Type: Article

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