Measurement of tracheal size in children with congenital heart disease by computed tomography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1216-1221

  Chen, Shyh Jye ^b   Shih, Tiffany Ting Fang ^b   Liu, Kao Lang ^b   Chiu, Ing Sh ^b   Wu, Mei Hwan ^b   Chen, Hsu Yi ^b   Lee, Wen Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TRACHEA; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

EID: 1842480398     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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