Exercise systolic blood pressures are of questionable value in the assessment of the adult with a previous coarctation repair

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-192

  Swan, Lorna ^a,b   Goyal, S ^a   Hsia, C ^a   Hechter, S ^a   Webb, G ^a   Gatzoulis, M A ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0037303929     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.2.189     Document Type: Article

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