Role of echocardiography versus MRI for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 357-365

  Pignatelli, Ricardo H ^a,b   McMahon, Colin J ^a   Chung, Taylor ^a   Vick III, G Wesley ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141788058     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200309000-00006     Document Type: Review

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