Diagnostic Value of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Patients with Coarctation of Aorta: The Chinese Experience in 53 Patients Studied between 2008 and 2012 in One Major Medical Center

• Zhenxing Sun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenxing Sun, Tsung O. Cheng, Ling Li, Li Zhang

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Tsung O. Cheng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenxing Sun, Tsung O. Cheng, Ling Li, Li Zhang

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue N. W., Washington, D. C., United States of America

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• Ling Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenxing Sun, Tsung O. Cheng, Ling Li, Li Zhang

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Li Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenxing Sun, Tsung O. Cheng, Ling Li, Li Zhang

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Xinfang Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Nianguo Dong,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Qing Lv,

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Ke Li,

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Li Yuan,

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Jing Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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• Mingxing Xie

  * E-mail: xiemx64@126.com

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

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