Utility of exercise stress echocardiography in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients: A single-center experience

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 517-523

  Chen, Ming Hui ^a,b   Abernathey, Elizabeth ^a   Lunze, Fatima ^a   Colan, Steven D ^a,b   O'Neill, Stephen ^a   Bergersen, Lisa ^a,b   Geva, Tal ^a,b   Blume, Elizabeth D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; exercise; pediatrics; stress echocardiography; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862789239     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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