Cardiac performance in relation to age of onset of menopause

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-237

  Kaur, Manjinder ^a   Singh, Harpreet ^a   Ahuja, G K ^a,b  

^a Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital   (India)

^b DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Early menopause; PEP LVET ratio; Postmenopausal women; Systolic dysfunction; Systolic time intervals (STI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL;

EID: 79959372145     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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