Intravenous indomethacin therapy in infants with a patent ductus arteriosus complicating other congenital heart defects

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 750-752

  Watanabe, Ken ^a   Tomita, Hideshi ^a   Ono, Yasuo ^a   Yamada, Osamu ^a   Kurosaki, Ken Ichi ^a   Echigo, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Ductus arteriosus; Indomethacin

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042821514     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.750     Document Type: Article

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