Borderline hypoplasia of the left ventricle in neonates: Insights for decision-making from functional assessment with magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1429-1436

  Grosse Wortmann, Lars ^a,b   Yun, Tae Jin ^a   Al Radi, Osman ^a   Kim, Siho ^a   Nii, Masaki ^a   Lee, Kyong Jin ^a   Redington, Andrew ^a   Yoo, Shi Joon ^a   van Arsdell, Glen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 57949083852     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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