Quantification of regional left and right ventricular radial and longitudinal function in healthy children using ultrasound-based strain rate and strain imaging

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-28

  Weidemann, Frank ^a,b   Eyskens, Benedicte ^a   Jamal, Fadi ^a   Mertens, Luc ^a   Kowalski, Miroslaw ^a   D'Hooge, Jan ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^a   Gewillig, Marc ^a,b   Rademakers, Frank ^a   Hatle, Liv ^a   Sutherland, George R ^b  

^a University Hospital Gasthuisberg ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; AGE; CHILD WELFARE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0036357868     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.116532     Document Type: Article

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