Vascular and Autonomic Function in Preschool-aged Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-297

  Currie, Katharine D ^a   Martin, Audra A ^a   Millar, Philip J ^a   Stone, Nicola D ^a   Timmons, Brian W ^a   Dillenburg, Rejane F ^b   MacDonald, Maureen J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Heart rate; Tetralogy of fallot

Indexed keywords

AGE; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISTENSIBILITY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUMEN DIAMETER; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPINE POSITION;

ARTERIES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84861541617     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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