Gender, Age, and Body Surface Area are the Major Determinants of Ascending Aorta Dimensions in Subjects With Apparently Normal Echocardiograms

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 720-725

  Biaggi, Patric ^a   Matthews, Felix ^a   Braun, Julia ^a   Rousson, Valentin ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a   Jenni, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta; Dimension; Reference values; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BODY SURFACE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AORTA; BODY SURFACE AREA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549130236     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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