Age-Related Changes in Inferior Vena Cava Dimensions among Children and Adolescents with Syncope

Age-Related Changes in Inferior Vena Cava Dimensions among Children and Adolescents with Syncope

To test the hypothesis that increased venous compliance manifested as inferior vena cava (IVC) dilation is an important substrate for syncope in children. IVC diameters were measured in 191 children and adolescents with syncope and in 95 controls. Subjects were divided based on age

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of pediatrics 2019-04, Vol.207, p.49-53.e3
Hauptverfasser: Shivaram, Pushpa, Angtuaco, Sylvia, Ahmed, Aziez, Daily, Joshua, Grigsby, Deborah F., Li, Ling, Craft, Mary, Danford, David, Kutty, Shelby
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Case-Control Studies
Child
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
inferior vena cava
Male
pediatrics
Retrospective Studies
syncope
Syncope - complications
Syncope - physiopathology
Vena Cava, Inferior - diagnostic imaging
Vena Cava, Inferior - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:To test the hypothesis that increased venous compliance manifested as inferior vena cava (IVC) dilation is an important substrate for syncope in children. IVC diameters were measured in 191 children and adolescents with syncope and in 95 controls. Subjects were divided based on age
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.11.039