A Simple Method of Measuring Thoracic Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Children: Methods and Normal Values

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 735-740

  Jo, Colleen O ^a   Lande, Marc B ^a   Meagher, Cecilia C ^a   Wang, Hongyue ^a   Vermilion, Roger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial stiffness; Echocardiography; Pediatric; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953685987     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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