Root dilation in patients with truncus arteriosus

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-233

  Carlo, Waldemar F ^a   Mckenzie, E Dean ^a   Slesnick, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic Root Dilation; Congenital Heart Defects; Truncus Arteriosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA ROOT DILATION; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS; TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS, PERSISTENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956279137     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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