Prevalence of echocardiographic findings in 554 men and in 1,243 women aged >60 years in a long-term health care facility

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-380

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a,b,c,d   Ahn, Chul ^a,b,c,d   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a,b,c,d  

^a HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0031051120     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00769-2     Document Type: Article

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