Normal values of aortic dimensions, distensibility, and pulse wave velocity in children and young adults: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Voges, Inga ^a   Jerosch Herold, Michael ^b   Hedderich, Jürgen ^a   Pardun, Eileen ^a   Hart, Christopher ^a   Gabbert, Dominik Daniel ^a   Hansen, Jan Hinnerk ^a   Petko, Colin ^a   Kramer, Hans Heiner ^a   Rickers, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHILD; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868694663     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-14-77     Document Type: Article

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