Postnatal Angiographic Appearance of Left Ventricular Myocardium in Fetal Patients With Aortic Stenosis Having In-Utero Aortic Valvuloplasty

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1271-1275

  Hasan, Babar Sultan ^a,b   Keane, John Finbarr ^a,b   Tworetzky, Wayne ^a,b   Lock, James E ^a,b   Marshall, Audrey Chung ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IN UTERO AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY; INFANT; LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATION; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71749094179     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.044     Document Type: Article

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