Normal limits in relation to age, body size and gender of two-dimensional echocardiographic aortic root dimensions in persons >15 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1189-1194

  Devereux, Richard B ^a   De Simone, Giovanni ^a,b   Arnett, Donna K ^c   Best, Lyle G ^d   Boerwinkle, Eric ^e   Howard, Barbara V ^f   Kitzman, Dalane ^g   Lee, Elisa T ^h   Mosley Jr , Thomas H ⁱ   Weder, Alan ^j   Roman, Mary J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BREAKS INDUSTRIES RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY SIZE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84866733874     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.063     Document Type: Article

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