Normal patterns of flow in the superior caval, hepatic and pulmonary veins as measured using Doppler echocardiography during childhood

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-151

  Ayabakan, Canan ^a,b   Özkutlu, Süheyla ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross sectional echocardiography; Paediatrics; Venous flow

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; BREATHING; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 27744520225     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103000283     Document Type: Article

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