Transthoracic echocardiography does not reliably predict involvement of the aortic valve in patients with a discrete subaortic shelf

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Booth, Justin H ^a,b   Bryant, Roosevelt ^b,c   Powers, Susan C ^c   Ge, Shuping ^c   Mckenzie, E Dean ^b,c   Heinle, Jeffrey S ^b,c   Fraser, Charles D ^b,c   Morales, David L S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiac surgery; Discrete subaortic membrane; Echocardiography; Left ventricular outflow tract; Subaortic stenosis

Indexed keywords

AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953573223     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000016     Document Type: Article

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