Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal cardiac chamber size: Results from the NORRE study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 680-690

  Kou, Seisyou ^a   Caballero, Luis ^b   Dulgheru, Raluca ^c   Voilliot, Damien ^d   De Sousa, Carla ^e   Kacharava, George ^f   Athanassopoulos, George D ^g   Barone, Daniele ^h   Baroni, Monica ⁱ   Cardim, Nuno ^j   Gomez De Diego, Jose Juan ^k   Hagendorff, Andreas ^l   Henri, Christine ^c   Hristova, Krasimira ^m   Lopez, Teresa ⁿ   Magne, Julien ^o   De La Morena, Gonzalo ^b   Popescu, Bogdan A ^p   Penicka, Martin ^q   Ozyigit, Tolga ^r   Rodrigo Carbonero, Jose David ^s   Salustri, Alessandro ^t   Van De Veire, Nico ^u   Von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan ^v   Vinereanu, Dragos ^p   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^w   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^x   Donal, Erwan ^y   Lang, Roberto M ^z   Badano, Luigi P ^aa   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^c   more..

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^e University of Porto   (Portugal)

^f Echocardiography Laboratory Adult Cardiology Department JOANN Medical Center   (Georgia)

^g ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ Laboratorio di Ecocardiografia Adulti FondazioneToscana 'Gmonasterio' OspedaleDelCuore   (Italy)

^j HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^k HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^m National Heart Hospital   (Bulgaria)

ⁿ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^o DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^p CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^q OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^r VKVAmerikanHastanesi Kardiyoloji Bö Lümü   (Turkey)

^s HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^t SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^u AZ Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

^v JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^x HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^y UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Chamber size and function; Reference values; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901271460     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet284     Document Type: Article

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