A meta-Analysis of echocardiographic measurements of the left heart for the development of normative reference ranges in a large international cohort: The EchoNoRMAL study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 341-348

  Poppe, Katrina ^b  

^a EchoNoRMAL) Collaboration

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Meta analysis; Reference ranges

Indexed keywords

AGE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE RANGES; REVIEW; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; META-ANALYSIS; REFERENCE RANGES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900078504     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet240     Document Type: Article

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