Age- and sex-based reference limits and clinical correlates of myocardial strain and synchrony: The framingham heart study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 692-699

  Cheng, Susan ^a,b   Larson, Martin G ^a,c   McCabe, Elizabeth L ^c   Osypiuk, Ewa ^a   Lehman, Birgitta T ^a   Stanchev, Plamen ^a   Aragam, Jayashri ^d   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,e,f   Solomon, Scott D ^b   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,e  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84884489003     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.000627     Document Type: Article

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