Atrial Myocardial Deformation Properties in Obese Nonhypertensive Children

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^a   Natale, Francesco ^a   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   Verrengia, Marina ^a   Rea, Alessandra ^a   Fratta, Fiorella ^a   Castaldi, Biagio ^a   Gala, Simona ^a   Coppola, Filomena ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Caso, Pio ^a   Perrone, Laura ^a   Calabro', Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38749104290     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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