Left Atrial Systolic Force in Children: Reference Values for Normal Children and Changes in Cardiovascular Disease With Left Ventricular Volume Overload or Pressure Overload

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 939-946

  Senzaki, Hideaki ^a   Kumakura, Rie ^a   Ishido, Hirotaka ^a   Masutani, Satoshi ^a   Seki, Mitsuru ^a   Yoshiba, Shigeki ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial; Echocardiography; Force; Function

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651174281     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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