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Aortic size in children: Systolic measurements are different from diastolic measurements
Author(s) -
Mohammad F Al-mousily,
Leo Lopez,
Juan Carlos Muniz,
Nao Sasaki,
I. Seltzer,
Joshua Gruber,
Elizabeth Welch
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_157_19
Subject(s) - medicine , diastole , cardiology , systole , intraclass correlation , cardiac cycle , aorta , blood pressure , clinical psychology , psychometrics
Current guidelines recommended aortic measurements during diastole in adults and during systole in children. Recent studies in adults have demonstrated noteworthy differences in aortic measurements during systole and diastole in the same subjects. In the present study, we aimed to characterize systolic and diastolic differences in aortic measurements in healthy children.

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