Early left ventricular abnormalities in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1075-1082

  Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   D'aiello, Angelo Fabio ^a   Castaldi, Biagio ^a   Fadel, Bahaa ^b   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   D'andrea, Antonello ^a   Pergola, Valeria ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^a   Perrone, Laura ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84866743018     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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