Longitudinal plane colour tissue-Doppler myocardial velocities and their association with left ventricular length, volume, and mass in humans

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 542-546

  Batterham, Alan ^a   Shave, Rob ^b   Oxborough, David ^c   Whyte, Greg ^d   George, Keith ^d  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Athlete's heart; Normalisation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 45849115387     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen114     Document Type: Article

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