Doppler Echocardiographic Investigation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Preterm Infants with and without a Patent Ductus Arteriosus;Doppler-echokardiographische Untersuchungen der diastolischen Funktion des linken Ventrikels bei Frühgeborenen mit persistierendem und ohne persistierenden Ductus arteriosus

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-40

  Schmitz, L ^a,c   Stiller, B ^b   Koehne, P ^a   Koch, H ^a   Lange, P E ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Doppler; Left ventricle; Neonates; PDA; Preterm

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; DIASTOLE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1242293010     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817684     Document Type: Article

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