Magnetic-resonance-imaging-derived indices for the normalization of left ventricular morphology by body size

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-213

  George, Keith P ^a   Birch, Karen M ^b   Pennell, Dudley J ^c   Myerson, Saul G ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Lean body mass; Left ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE AREA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249101832     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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