Age dependency of myocardial structure: A quantitative two-dimensional echocardiographic study in a normal population

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-208

  Morales, Maria Aurora ^a   Ferdeghini, Ezio Maria ^a   Piacenti, Marcello ^a   Dattolo, Pietro ^b   Distante, Alessandro ^a   Maggiore, Quirino ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocardium; Normal; Quantitative echocardiography

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033994145     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01127.x     Document Type: Article

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