Clinical utility of doppler echocardiography in assessing aortic stenosis severity and predicting need for intervention in children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 507-514

  Vlahos, Antonios P ^a   Marx, Gerald R ^b,c   McElhinney, Doff ^b,c   Oneill, Stephen ^b,c   Goudevenos, Ioannis ^a   Colan, Steven D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Children; Doppler; Echocardiography; Gradient; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43849089602     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9169-9     Document Type: Article

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