Increased myocardial dysfunction, dyssynchrony, and epicardial fat across the lifespan in healthy males

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Crendal, Edward ^a,b   Dutheil, Fred ^a,c,d   Naughton, Geraldine ^a   McDonald, Tracey ^a   Obert, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c CLERMONT AUVERGNE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Dyssynchrony; Epicardial fat; Myocardial dysfunction; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE MYOCARDIAL DYSSYNCHRONY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL DYSSYNCHRONY; LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL MECHANICS; LIFESPAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL DYSFUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; AGING; BLOOD; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905737174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-95     Document Type: Article

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