Functional Echocardiography: An Emerging Clinical Tool for the Neonatologist

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-130

  Kluckow, Martin ^a   Seri, Istvan ^a   Evans, Nick ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846482741     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.10.056     Document Type: Article

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