Contribution of doppler echocardiography to the evaluation of systolic and diastolic function of obese women versus a control group

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-196

  Herszkowicz, Nathan ^a   Barbato, Alfonso ^a,b   Salvi, Waldir ^a   Pinheiro, Daniel ^a   Pantaleão, Denise ^a   Holpern, Alfredo ^a   Cerri, Giovani G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiopathy; Echocardiography; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035286177     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001000300002     Document Type: Article

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