Echocardiographic reference values in a sample of asymptomatic adult Brazilian population;Valores de referência de medidas ecocardiográficas em amostra da populaĉão Brasileira adulta assintomática

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 184-190

  Ângelo, Lílian Cláudia Souza ^a,b   Vieira, Marcelo Luiz Campos ^a   Rodrigues, Sérgio Lamêgo ^a   Morelato, Renato Lírio ^a   Pereira, Alexandre C ^a   Mill, José Geraldo ^a   Krieger, José Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Population Brazil; Random and systematic sampling; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 37449005749     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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