Postmortem heart weight: Relation to body size and effects of cardiovascular disease and cancer

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-11

  Kumar, Neena Theresa ^a   Liestøl, Knut ^b   Løberg, Else Marit ^a   Reims, Henrik Mikael ^c   Mæhlen, Jan ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Body weight; Cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Heart weight

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890118378     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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