Left Ventricular Mass Indexing in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: A Simplified Approach for the Identification of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Clinical Practice

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-198

  Chinali, Marcello ^a   Emma, Francesco ^a   Esposito, Claudia ^a,b   Rinelli, Gabriele ^a   Franceschini, Alessio ^a   Doyon, Anke ^c   Raimondi, Francesca ^d   Pongiglione, Giacomo ^a   Schaefer, Franz ^c   Matteucci, Maria Chiara ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEART VENTRICLE; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84971284009     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.085     Document Type: Article

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