Influence of aging on cardiac function examined by echocardiography

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Watanabe, Sachiko ^a,b   Suzuki, Namiko ^b   Kudo, Atsuko ^b   Suzuki, Tomoyuki ^b   Abe, Sachiko ^b   Suzuki, Michiko ^b   Komatsu, Sinji ^b   Saijo, Yoshifumi ^c   Murayama, Nobuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Diastolic function; Doppler echocardiography; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 23944490136     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.207.13     Document Type: Article

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