Normal Rotational, Torsion and Untwisting Data in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-293

  Takahashi, Ken ^a   Al Naami, Ghassan ^a   Thompson, Richard ^a   Inage, Akio ^a   Mackie, Andrew S ^a   Smallhorn, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ROTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TORSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77549087534     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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