Main pulmonary artery dilation in association with congenital bicuspid aortic valve in the absence of pulmonary valve abnormality

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1756-1761

  Kutty, Shelby ^a   Kaul, Sheetal ^a   Danford, Christopher J ^a   Danford, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY VALVE; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049231887     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.199109     Document Type: Article

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