Normal values for longitudinal function of the right ventricle in healthy women >70 years of age

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 725-728

  Germing, Alfried ^a   Gotzmann, Michael ^a   Rauße, Ricarda ^a   Brodherr, Turgut ^a   Holt, Stephan ^a   Lindstaedt, Michael ^a   Dietrich, Johannes ^a   Ranft, Ulrich ^b   Krämer, Ursula ^b   Mügge, Andreas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Normal values; Right ventricular function; TAPSE

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77956795821     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq053     Document Type: Article

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