Neonatal cardiac multidetector row CT: Why and how we do it

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-451

  Tsai, I Chen ^a,b   Chen, Min Chi ^a   Jan, Sheng Ling ^a,b   Wang, Chung Chi ^a   Fu, Yun Ching ^a,b   Lin, Pao Chun ^a   Lee, Tain ^a,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Multidetector row CT; Neonate

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MIDAZOLAM;

BODY SIZE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REVIEW;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40849133825     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0761-9     Document Type: Review

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