Left ventricular thickness is increased in nonhypertensive turner'S syndrome

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 943-949

  Sozen, Ahmet Bilge ^a,c   Cefle, Kivanc ^a   Kudat, Hasan ^a   Ozturk, Sukru ^a   Oflaz, Huseyin ^a   Akkaya, Vakur ^b   Palanduz, Sukru ^a   Demirel, Seref ^b   Ozcan, Mustafa ^a   Goren, Taner ^a   Guven, Ozen ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart rate; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; TURNER SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 69949125919     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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