Structural Measurements and Adjustment for Growth

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 51-62

  Sluysmans, Thierry ^a,b   Colan, Steven D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric modeling; Alternative "indexing" methods; Fallacy of indexing for BSA and "per BSA method"; Heteroscedasticity; Pediatric cardiology community; Principles underlying cardiovascular dimensions; Quantitative methods; Structural measurements and growth adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889478155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306309.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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