Reference ranges for and determinants of right ventricular area in healthy adults by two-dimensional echocardiography

Respiration

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 284-293

  Grünig, Ekkehard ^a   Biskupek, Johanna ^a   D'andrea, Antonello ^c   Ehlken, Nicola ^a   Egenlauf, Benjamin ^a   Weidenhammer, Johannes ^a   Marra, Alberto M ^a,c   Cittadini, Antonio ^c   Fischer, Christine ^b   Bossone, Eduardo ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^e IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Reference ranges; Right ventricular area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHLETE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHLETES; BODY SURFACE AREA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928214623     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000371472     Document Type: Article

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