Normal values of left atrial volume in pediatric age group using a validated allometric model

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 791-796

  Bhatla, Puneet ^a   Nielsen, James C ^a   Ko, Helen H ^a   Doucette, John ^a   Lytrivi, Irene D ^a   Srivastava, Shubhika ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Children; Left atrial volume; Normalization; Z scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC VOLUME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84872236418     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.974428     Document Type: Article

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