Normal Reference Ranges for Echocardiography: Rationale, study design, and methodology (NORRE Study)

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303-308

  Lancellotti, Patrizio ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^b   Lang, Roberto M ^c   Akhaladze, Natela ^d   Athanassopoulos, George D ^e   Barone, Daniele ^f   Baroni, Monica ^g   Cardim, Nuno ^h   Gomez De Diego, Jose Juan ⁱ   Derumeaux, Genevieve ^d   Dulgheru, Raluca ^a   Edvardsen, Thor ^j   Galderisi, Maurizio ^k   Gonçalves, Alexandra ^l   Habib, Gilbert ^m   Hagendorff, Andreas ⁿ   Hristova, Krasimira ^o   Kou, Seisyou ^a   Lopez, Teresa ^p   Magne, Julien ^a   De La Morena, Gonzalo ^q   Popescu, Bogdan A ^r   Penicka, Martin ^s   Rasit, Tolga ^t   Rodrigo Carbonero, Jose David ^u   Salustri, Alessandro ^v   Van De Veire, Nico ^w   Von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan ^x   Vinereanu, Dragos ^r   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^y   Voilliot, Damien ^a   Zamorano, Jose Louis ^z   Donal, Erwan ^aa   Maurer, Gerald ^ab   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of the JOANN Medical Center ^*  (France)

^e ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Del Cuore Fondazione G Monasterio   (Italy)

^h HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l University of Porto   (Portugal)

^m AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^o NATIONAL HEART HOSPITAL   (Bulgaria)

^p HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^q HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^r CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^s CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^t AmerikanHastanesi   (Turkey)

^u HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^v SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^w AZ Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

^x UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^z Servicio Madrileño de Salud Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas   (Spain)

^aa UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^ab MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

2D and 3D echocardiography; Cardiac mechanics; Chamber size and function; M mode; reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE LABORATORY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STUDY DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84875174616     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet008     Document Type: Article

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