Effects of Balloon Valvuloplasty on Coronary Blood Flow in Neonates With Critical Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Assessed With Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-169

  Aburawi, Elhadi H ^a   Berg, Ansgar ^b   Pesonen, Erkki ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coronary flow; Pulmonary valve stenosis; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 58849163500     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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