Influence of obesity on left ventricular midwall mechanics in arterial hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 276-283

  De Simone, Giovanni ^a,b   Devereux, Richard B ^a   Mureddu, Gian Francesco ^b   Roman, Mary J ^a   Ganau, Antonello ^c   Alderman, Michael H ^a   Contaldo, Franco ^d   Laragh, John H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d New York Hosp Cornell Med Center ^*

Author keywords

blood pressure; body mass index; echocardiography; hypertension, arterial; obesity; ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029785969     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.28.2.276     Document Type: Article

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