Can Cardiologists Distinguish Innocent from Pathologic Murmurs in Neonates?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mackie, Andrew S ^a   Jutras, Luc C ^a   Dancea, Adrian B ^a   Rohlicek, Charles V ^a   Platt, Robert ^b   Béland, Marie J ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 57349118079     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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