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01-03-2018 | Letter To The Editor

Relevance of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Velocity Time Integral (RVOT VTI) and Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity/RVOT VTI Ratio Determination in Children Following Heart Transplantation

Authors: Martin Koestenberger, Sabrina Schweintzger, Mirjam Pocivalnik, Stefan Kurath-Koller, Gernot Grangl

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 3/2018

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Title: Relevance of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Velocity Time Integral (RVOT VTI) and Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity/RVOT VTI Ratio Determination in Children Following Heart Transplantation
Authors: Martin Koestenberger
Sabrina Schweintzger
Mirjam Pocivalnik
Stefan Kurath-Koller
Gernot Grangl
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-018-1827-6

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