Normalization of echocardiographically derived paediatric cardiac dimensions to body surface area: Time for a standardized approach

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-45

  Kaski, Juan Pablo ^a   Daubeney, Piers E F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART INDEX; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58449099357     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen242     Document Type: Editorial

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