Left ventricular hypertrophy on electrocardiogram: Prognostic implications from a 10-year cohort study of older subjects: A report from the Bronx longitudinal aging study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 524-529

  Kahn, Shoshanah ^a   Frishman, William H ^a,b   Weissman, Samuel ^a   Ooi, Wee Lock ^a   Aronson, Miriam ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0029872183     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01437.x     Document Type: Article

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