Impact of gender on left ventricle function in postmenopausal women and age-matched men: Analysis of echocardiographic parameters in healthy participants and patients with coronary artery disease

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 560-565

  Wierzbowska Drabik, Karina ^a   Krzemińska Pakuła, Maria ^a   Kurpesa, Małgorzata ^a   Trzos, Ewa ^a   Rechciński, Tomasz ^a   Wejner Mik, Paulina ^a   Plewka, Michał ^a   Kasprzak, Jarosław D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diastolic function; Postmenopausal women; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77952280369     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181c4ef85     Document Type: Article

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