The Doppler echocardiographic assessment of valvular regurgitation in normal children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-107

  Ayabakan, Canan ^a   Özkutlu, Süheyla ^a   Kiliç, Ayhan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Normal heart; Physiologic valvular regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SEX RATIO; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0038262889     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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