Normal values for left anterior descending coronary artery flow velocity assessed by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in healthy children

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-217

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

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Coronary flow velocity; Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0042171744     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.199.211     Document Type: Article

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