Right Ventricular Function in Infants, Children and Adolescents: Reference Values of the Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) in 640 Healthy Patients and Calculation of z Score Values

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 715-719

  Koestenberger, Martin ^a   Ravekes, William ^a   Everett, Allen D ^a   Stueger, Hans Peter ^a   Heinzl, Bernd ^a   Gamillscheg, Andreas ^a   Cvirn, Gerhard ^a   Boysen, Arnulf ^a   Fandl, Andrea ^a   Nagel, Bert ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Body surface area; M mode; Pediatric patients; Reference values; Right ventricular systolic function; Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; z score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 66549117149     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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