The influence of premature ventricular contractions on left ventricular function in asymptomatic children without structural heart disease: An echocardiographic evaluation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-299

  Sun, Yiping ^a,b   Blom, Nico A ^b   Yu, Yonghui ^a   Ma, Peiran ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Han, Xiuzhen ^a   Swenne, Cees A ^b   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^b  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Left ventricular function; Premature ventricular contraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUPLING FACTOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0141459227     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025418531853     Document Type: Article

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