Normal aortic dimensions and flow in 168 children and young adults

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 224-229

  Poutanen, Tuija ^a   Tikanoja, Tero ^a   Sairanen, Heikki ^b   Jokinen, Eero ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aortic dimensions; Aortic flow; Children; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AORTA FLOW; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAPHRAGM; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TIME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038639850     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-097X.2003.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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