Left outflow tract anomalies in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 593-597

  Loscalzo, Melissa L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; bicommissural aortic valve; coarctation of the aorta; hypoplastic left heart

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BICOMMISSURAL AORTIC VALVE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 77957598926     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833e130f     Document Type: Review

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