Noninvasive visualization and measurement of posterior descending coronary artery flow velocity by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in normal children

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 376-379

  Aoki, Mieko ^a   Harada, Kenji ^a   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037307888     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03178-8     Document Type: Article

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