Tissue Doppler imaging of the right and left ventricle in severe obesity (body mass index >35 kg/m2)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1087-1090

  Willens, Howard J ^a,b   Chakko, Simon C ^a   Lowery, Maureen H ^a   Byers, Patricia ^a   Labrador, Eugenio ^a   Gallagher, Anthony ^a   Castrillon, Juan C ^a   Myerburg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Florida 33021 8437 ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 5044231552     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.076     Document Type: Article

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