Coronary Blood Flow in Healthy Neonates: Effects of Left Ventricular Function and Mass

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-16

  Oskarsson G ^a   Pesonen, E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary blood flow; Neonates; Pulsed wave Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SYSTOLIC PEAK FLOW VELOCITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0942276253     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0377-z     Document Type: Article

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