A simple nomogram for determination of echocardiographic left ventricular geometry

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-489

  Heesen, Wilfred F ^a,b   Beltman, Frank W ^a   Smit, Andries J ^a   May, Johan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HYPERTENSION; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 0031868866     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00363-4     Document Type: Article

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