Reliability of intraoperative contrast transesophageal echocardography for detecting interatrial communications in patients with other congenital cardiovascular malformations

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1027-1031

  Cassorla, Lydia ^a   Miller Hance, Wanda C ^a   Rouine Rapp, Kathryn ^a   Reddy, V Mohan ^a   Hanley, Frank L ^a   Silverman, Norman H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037446187     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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