Relation of blood pressure and body build to left ventricular mass in normotensive and hypertensive employed adults

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 996-1004

  Hammond, Isaac W ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^b   Alderman, Michael H ^c   Laragh, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MYOCARDIUM; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023777978     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90467-6     Document Type: Article

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