Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac functions and left ventricular mass in children with malnutrition

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-17

  Ocal B ^a,b   Unal S ^a   Zorlu, P ^a   Tezic, H T ^a   Oguz, D ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Tunali Hilmi Cad Bülten Sok 9 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac functions; Left ventricular mass; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035116292     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2001.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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