The Relationship between Preoperative Echocardiographic Evaluation and Spinal Deformity in Patients with Neuromuscular Scoliosis

Introduction: Echocardiography is an important component of perioperative cardiac risk stratification in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS). However, there are little data regarding the relationship between preoperative echocardiographic findings and spinal deformity. We retrospectively rev...

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Main Authors: Wataru Saito, Gen Inoue, Takayuki Imura, Toshiyuki Nakazawa, Masayuki Miyagi, Eiki Shirasawa, Akiyoshi Kuroda, Kentaro Uchida, Masashi Takaso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2018-01-01
Series:Spine Surgery and Related Research
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/2/1/2_2017-0018/_pdf/-char/en