An echocardiographic survey of primary school children for bicuspid aortic valve

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 661-663

  Basso, Cristina ^b   Boschello, Mauro ^b   Perrone, Cosimo ^b   Mecenero, Alessandro ^b   Cera, Andrea ^b   Bicego, Dario ^b   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   De Dominicis, Ennio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 1442324346     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.031     Document Type: Article

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