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Pediatric Cardiology
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 6/2016

01-08-2016 | Letter To The Editor

Right Atrial Dilatation, Determined by Echocardiography, and Correlation with Right Atrial Pressure, Determined with Cardiac Catheterization, in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension

Authors: Georg Wucherer, Gernot Grangl, Stefan Kurath-Koller, Martin Koestenberger

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 6/2016

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To the Editor, …
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Metadata
Title
Right Atrial Dilatation, Determined by Echocardiography, and Correlation with Right Atrial Pressure, Determined with Cardiac Catheterization, in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension
Authors
Georg Wucherer
Gernot Grangl
Stefan Kurath-Koller
Martin Koestenberger
Publication date
01-08-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-016-1417-4

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