Long-term (up to 18 years) clinical and echocardiographic results of mitral balloon valvuloplasty in children in comparison with adult population

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-259

  Fawzy, Mohamed Eid ^a   Stefadouros, Miltiadis ^a   Amraoui, Souad El ^a   Osman, Adil ^a   Ibrahim, Iman ^a   Nowayhed, Omar ^a   Eldali, Abdelmoneim ^a   Canver, Charles ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BALLOON DILATATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43949135529     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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