The incidence and follow-up of isolated ventricular septal defect in newborns by echocardiographic screening

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-227

  Ekici, Filiz ^a   Tutar, Ercan ^a   Atalay, Semra ^a   Arsan, Saadet ^a   Özçelik, Nazire ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Incidence; Newborn; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 54749094418     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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