The New Dimension in Aortic Measurements - Use of the Inner Edge Measurement for the Thoracic Aorta in Australian Patients

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1104-1110

  Fitzgerald, Benjamin T ^a   Kwon, Agatha ^a   Scalia, Gregory M ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aorta; Dimensions; Echocardiography; Measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BLOOD TISSUE INTERFACE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INNER EDGE MEASUREMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUSTRALIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AUSTRALIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84944510956     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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