Characteristics and impact of obesity on the outpatient echocardiography laboratory

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1082-1084

  Finkelhor, Robert S ^a   Moallem, Moayyed ^a   Bahler, Robert C ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645057720     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.10.052     Document Type: Article

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