Pulmonary regurgitation in congenital heart disease

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 880-889

  Chaturvedi, Rajiv R ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SURVIVAL;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34347238964     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.075234     Document Type: Review

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