Use of 320-detector computed tomographic angiography for infants and young children with congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-432

  Al Mousily, Faris ^a   Shifrin, Roger Y ^a   Fricker, Frederick J ^a   Feranec, Nicholas ^a   Quinn, Nancy S ^a   Chandran, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

320 Slice scanner; Congenital heart disease; CT scan; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 79953673547     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9873-8     Document Type: Article

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