The mechanism of the physiologic disappearance of the third heart sound with aging

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-226

  Longhini, Carlo ^a,d   Scorzoni, Daniela ^a   Baracca, Enrico ^a   Bruxazzi, Maria Cristiana ^a   Chirillo, Fabio ^c   Fratti, Daniela ^a   Musacci, Gian Franca ^b  

^a Ospedale di Legnago   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Phonocardiography; Spectral analysis; Third heart sound

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0029933147     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.37.215     Document Type: Article

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