Two-dimensional and Doppler Transesophageal Echocardiographic Delineation and Flow Characterization of Anomalous Coronary Arteries in Adults

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1274-1286

  Dawn, Buddhadeb ^a   Talley, J David ^a   Prince, Charles R ^a   Hoque, Azizul ^a   Morris, Glenn T ^a   Xenopoulos, Nicholaos P ^a   Stoddard, Marcus F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0345599196     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0894-7317(03)00554-6     Document Type: Article

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