Cumulative Radiation Exposure in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 289-294

  Walsh, Mark A ^a   Noga, Michelle ^a   Rutledge, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fontan operation; Radiation exposure; Single ventricle palliation

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84939884490     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-0999-y     Document Type: Article

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