Cardiac function and arterial indices in infants born small for gestational age: Analysis by speckle tracking

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sehgal, Arvind ^a,b   Doctor, Tejas ^a   Menahem, Samuel ^b,c  

^a Monash Newborn   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Pediatric Cardiology Monash Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

small for gestational age; speckle tracking; strain

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; YOUNG MODULUS;

SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; SPECKLE TRACKING; STRAIN;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892577038     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12465     Document Type: Article

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