Left ventricular mass and volume/mass ratio determined by two-dimensional echocardiography in normal adults

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MedicineVentricleCardiologyBody surface areaInternal medicineDiastoleVolume (thermodynamics)Left ventricular hypertrophySystoleMuscle hypertrophyEnd-systolic volumeNuclear medicineStroke volumeEjection fractionBlood pressurePhysicsHeart failure

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Year: 1985
Type: article
Volume: 6
Issue: 5
Pages: 1021-1025
Citations: 100
Access: Closed

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                                    B. F. BYRD, 
                                
                                    Dennis Wahr, 
                                
                                    Yin Shi Wang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1985). 
                            Left ventricular mass and volume/mass ratio determined by two-dimensional echocardiography in normal adults. 
                            Journal of the American College of Cardiology
                            , 6
                            (5)
                            , 1021-1025.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80304-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80304-1