Echocardiography overestimates LV mass in the elderly as compared to cardiac CT

PURPOSE: Echocardiographic studies have shown an increase in LV mass with advanced age. However, autopsy and MRI studies demonstrate that with aging, LV mass is unchanged or slightly decreased, with a decrease in LV volume and an increase in wall thickness consistent with concentric remodeling. LV s...

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Autores principales: Stokar, Joshua, Leibowitz, David, Durst, Ronen, Shaham, Dorith, Zwas, Donna R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31648248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224104

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31648248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224104

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