Growth of the Aorta in Children with Williams Syndrome: Does Surgery Make a Difference?

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 566-568

  English, R F ^a   Colan, S D ^b   Kanani, P M ^a   Ettedgui, J A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortoplasty; Supravalvar aortic stenosis; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0344010713     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-003-0302-0     Document Type: Article

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