Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 726-734 , July 2010

Two-Dimensional Versus Transthoracic Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Evaluation of the Mechanisms and Sites of Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation in a Congenital Heart Disease Population

  • Ken Takahashi, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Ivan M. Rebeyka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • David B. Ross, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Murray Robertson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • John D. Dyck, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, 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, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.

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 Dr Takahashi was supported by grant from the Stollery Children's Hospital (Edmonton, AB, Canada).

PII: S0894-7317(10)00355-X

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.04.017

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 726-734 , July 2010

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