Echocardiographic study of aortic root diameter in healthy children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-30

  Kervancioglu, Piraye ^a   Kervancioglu, Mehmet ^a   Tuncer, Cudi M ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PEDIATRIC WARD; REFERENCE VALUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TURKEY;

EID: 32044439591     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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