Predicting left ventricular recovery after replacement of a regurgitant aortic valve in pediatric and young adult patients: Is it ever too late?

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 694-699

  Cox, Daniel A ^a   Walton, Kara ^b   Bartz, Peter J ^a   Tweddell, James S ^a   Frommelt, Peter C ^a   Earing, Michael G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve regurgitation; Aortic valve replacement; Echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY RECOVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879502183     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0529-8     Document Type: Article

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