Tissue Doppler echocardiography before and after the surgical reconstruction of an insufficient mitral valve in a patient with Fontan circulation

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 508-510

  Petzuch, K ^a   Eicken, A ^a   Marek, J ^b   Vogel, M ^a   Schreiber, C ^a   Hess, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fontan operation; Mitral regurgitation; Myocardial Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDIAL DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 33747132534     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-006-1283-6     Document Type: Article

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