The impact of aging on left ventricular longitudinal function in healthy subjects: A pulsed tissue Doppler study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-249

  Innelli, Pasquale ^a   Sanchez, Ruben ^a   Marra, Francesco ^a   Esposito, Roberta ^a   Galderisi, Maurizio ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Doppler echocardiography; Left ventricular filling pressure; Left ventricular function; Pulsed tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43449111245     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.03.044     Document Type: Article

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