Comparison between fundamental and second-harmonic imaging echocardiography for calculation of left ventricular mass in children

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Dencker, Magnus ^a   Thorsson, O ^a   Wollmer, P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Echocardiography; Leftventricular mass

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 21644449569     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2005.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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