Echo-morphological correlates concerning the functionally univentricular heart in the setting of isomeric atrial appendages

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Mahle, William T ^a   Silverman, Norman H ^b   Marx, Gerald R ^c   Anderson, Robert H ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asplenia; Double inlet ventricle; Polysplenia; Visceral heterotaxy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PULMONARY VEIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART ATRIUM; PROGNOSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS;

EID: 33646165560     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105002301     Document Type: Article

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