Standard method for ultrasound imaging of coronary artery in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 876-882

  Fuse, Shigeto ^a   Kobayashi, Tohru ^b   Arakaki, Yoshio ^c   Ogawa, Shunichi ^d   Katoh, Hitoshi ^e   Sakamoto, Naoko ^f   Hamaoka, Kenji ^g   Saji, Tsutomu ^h  

^a Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^g TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^h KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

children; coronary artery; echocardiography; Kawasaki disease; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIASTOLE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SUPINE POSITION; T WAVE; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASOUND;

CHILD; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 78650490144     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03252.x     Document Type: Article

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