Thoughts about fixed subaortic stenosis in man and dog

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-205

  Freedom, Robert M ^a   Yoo, Shi Joon ^a   Russell, Jennifer ^a   Perrin, Donald ^a   Williams, William G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canine cardiology; Congenital heart disease; Natural history

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BREED; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISCRETE SUBAORTIC STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOGS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 24944459058     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105000399     Document Type: Review

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