Incidence and clinical features of asymptomatic atrial septal defect in school children diagnosed by heart disease screening

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-115

  Muta, Hiromi ^a,b   Akagi, Teiji ^a   Egami, Kimiyasu ^a   Furui, Jun ^a   Sugahara, Yoko ^a   Ishii, Masahiro ^a   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; School children; Screening program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMURS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037321083     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.112     Document Type: Article

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