Effect of hypertension on aortic root size and prevalence of aortic regurgitation

Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Kim, Michael ^a   Roman, Mary J ^a,b   Cavallini, M Chiara ^a   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a   Pickering, Thomas G ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; aortic regurgitation; hypertension, arterial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030015475     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.28.1.47     Document Type: Article

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