Echocardiographic evaluation of pressure gradient across the stent in patients treated for coarctation of the aorta

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-272

  Tang, Liwen ^a   Forbes, Thomas J ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Zilberman, Mark V ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarctation of the aorta; Coarctation stent; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; STENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; STENTS; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249159676     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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