Impaired poststenotic aortic pulsatility after hemodynamically ideal coarctation repair in children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 495-499

  Pfammatter, J P ^a   Berdat, P ^a   Carrel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Coarctation repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULSATILE FLOW;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 6044220133     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-004-0633-5     Document Type: Article

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