Diagnostic Value of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Patients with Coarctation of Aorta: The Chinese Experience in 53 Patients Studied between 2008 and 2012 in One Major Medical Center

Although aortography is well known as the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of coarctation of aorta (CoA), the method is invasive, expensive and not readily accepted by some patients. Ultrasound diagnosis for CoA is non-invasive, inexpensive, readily accepted by every patient, and can be repeated as...

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Main Authors: Sun, Zhenxing, Cheng, Tsung O., Li, Ling, Zhang, Li, Wang, Xinfang, Dong, Nianguo, Lv, Qing, Li, Ke, Yuan, Li, Wang, Jing, Xie, Mingxing
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4451082/