Usefulness of Blalock - Taussig shunt Doppler flow velocity profiles in the assessment of pulmonary artery pressure and flow

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-117

  Chaudhari, M ^a,b   Balmer, C ^a   Heng, J T ^a   Wright, J ^a   Stümper, Oliver ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BT shunt; Congenital heart disease; Doppler ultrasound; Pulmonary artery pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1442302418     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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