The impact of ageing on right ventricular longitudinal function in healthy subjects: A pulsed tissue Doppler study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-498

  Innelli, Pasquale ^a   Esposito, Roberta ^a   Olibet, Marinella ^a   Nistri, Stefano ^b   Galderisi, Maurizio ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Altavilla Vicentina (VI)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Doppler echocardiography; Pulsed tissue Doppler; Right atrial pressure; Right ventricular longitudinal function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED TISSUE DOPPLER; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650348651     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen313     Document Type: Article

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