Left ventricular mass in 169 healthy children and young adults assessed by three-dimensional echocardiography

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-207

  Poutanen, T ^a,c   Jokinen, E ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Left ventricular mass; Reference values; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34248644321     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-006-0101-5     Document Type: Article

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