Derivation of a Size-Independent Variable for Scaling of Cardiac Dimensions in a Normal Adult Population

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 779-785

  Neilan, Tomas G ^a,c   Pradhan, Aruna D ^b,c   Weyman, Arthur E ^a,c  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric modelling; Echocardiography; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMETRICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMAL SCALING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 45849137108     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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