Prediction of mortality risk by different methods of indexation for left ventricular mass

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 641-647

  Liao, Youlian ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon ^a   Mensah, George A ^b   Ghali, Jalal K ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031043412     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00552-9     Document Type: Article

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