Impact of myocardial geometry on left ventricular performance in healthy black and white young adults

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Pattoneri, Paolo ^a   Pelà, Giovanna ^a   Sozzi, Fabiola ^b   Borghetti, Alberico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Left ventricular geometry; Myocardial performance index; Racial differences; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38049085797     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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