Pattern of congenital heart diseases in children at tertiary care center in Peshawar

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-22

  Rahim, Fazlur ^a,b   Younas, Muhammad ^a   Gandapur, Amin Jan ^a   Talat, Azmat ^a  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acyanotic congenital heart lesions; Congenital heart disease; Cyanotic congenital heart lesions; Electrocardiography and Echocardiography; Tetralogy of Fallot; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SEX RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

EID: 0037258764     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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