Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1099-1102 , October 2010

Oxygen Supplementation Is Helpful for the Echocardiographic Detection of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery

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 This study was supported by grant 5 T35 DK066141-05 from the US Public Health Service (Rockville, MD).

PII: S0894-7317(10)00598-5

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.07.005

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1099-1102 , October 2010

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