Cardiovascular MR and CT in congenital heart disease

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1637-1647

  Crean, Andrew ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36749011923     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.104729     Document Type: Article

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