Hypoplastic aortic arch in newborns rapidly adapts to post-coarctectomy circulatory conditions

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-234

  Kiraly, Laszlo ^a   Kornyei L ^a   Mogyorossy, G ^b   Szatmari, A ^a  

^a Hungarian Institute of Cardiology   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC AORTIC ARCH; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 12744263061     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.029314     Document Type: Article

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