Comparison of left ventricular mass and geometric remodeling in treated and untreated men and women > 50 years of age with systemic hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 648-651

  Zabalgoitia, Miguel ^a,b   Rahman, S Noor Ur ^a   Haley, William E ^a   Amerena, John ^a   Krause, Lisa ^a   Oneschuk, Lori ^a   Yarows, Steven ^a   Yunis, Carla ^a   Lucas, Charles ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0030987471     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00443-8     Document Type: Article

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