Evaluation of left atrial functions by color tissue Doppler imaging in adults with body mass indexes ≥30 kg/m2 versus those <30 kg/m2

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-377

  Gulel, Okan ^a,b   Yuksel, Serkan ^a   Soylu, Korhan ^a   Kaplan, Ozgur ^a   Yilmaz, Ozcan ^a   Kahraman, Hakki ^a   Sahin, Mahmut ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Universite Lojmanlari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color tissue Doppler imaging; Left atrial functions; Obesity; Strain; Strain rate; Tissue velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 63449138916     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9403-4     Document Type: Article

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