Imaging complex congenital heart disease - functional single ventricle, the Glenn circulation and the Fontan circulation: A multimodality approach

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-58

  Brown, David W ^a,b   Powell, Andrew J ^a,b   Geva, Tal ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Cardiac imaging; Cardiac MRI; Congenital heart disease; Functional single ventricle

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AORTOPULMONARY SHUNT; ARTICLE; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLENN SHUNT; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 75249091295     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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