Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 286-293 , March 2010

Normal Rotational, Torsion and Untwisting Data in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

  • Ken Takahashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Ghassan Al Naami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Richard Thompson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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  • Akio Inage, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Andrew S. Mackie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, MBBS, University of Alberta Hospital, Room 4C2, Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada.

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PII: S0894-7317(09)01100-6

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.018

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 286-293 , March 2010

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