Endocardial versus midwall measurement of left ventricular function in mild hypertension: An insight from the Harvest Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1011-1017

  Palatini, Paolo ^a   Visentin, Pieralberto ^b   Nicolosi, Gianluigi ^b   Mione, Vincenzo ^c   Stritoni, Paolo ^d   Michieletto, Marco ^a   Graniero, Gianrocco ^a   Mormino, Paolo ^a   Pessina, Achille C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c Emergency Department Medicina 4 AO Salvini   (Italy)

^d Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Left ventricular function; Left ventricular geometry; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Midwall; Mild hypertension; Myocardial contractility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029832541     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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