Transthoracic echo-Doppler assessment of coronary microvascular function late after Kawasaki disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-327

  Cicala, S ^a   Galderisi, M ^b   Grieco, M ^a   Lamberti, A ^a   Cosimi, R ^a   Pellegrini, F ^a   De Leva, F ^a  

^a SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Doppler echocardiography; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40949137016     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9030-1     Document Type: Article

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