Quantification of the myocardial velocity gradient and myocardial wall thickening velocity in healthy children: A new indicator of regional myocardial wall motion

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 624-632

  Nii, Masaki ^a,b,c   Mori, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Kuroda, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a University of Tokushima ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KOCHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036598226     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.118241     Document Type: Article

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