Relationship of Echocardiographic Z Scores Adjusted for Body Surface Area to Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity: The Pediatric Heart Network Normal Echocardiogram Database [Congenital Heart Disease]

Conclusions— Echocardiographic Z scores based on BSA were derived from a large, diverse, and healthy North American population. Age, sex, race, and ethnicity have small effects on the Z scores that are statistically significant but not clinically important.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - November 14, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Lopez, L., Colan, S., Stylianou, M., Granger, S., Trachtenberg, F., Frommelt, P., Pearson, G., Camarda, J., Cnota, J., Cohen, M., Dragulescu, A., Frommelt, M., Garuba, O., Johnson, T., Lai, W., Mahgerefteh, J., Pignatelli, R., Prakash, A., Sachdeva, R., S Tags: Echocardiography Congenital Heart Disease Source Type: research