Prevalence and correlates of echocardiographic determined left ventricular hypertrophy in 2318 asymptomatic middle-aged men: The ECCIS Project

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-369

  Antoniucci, David ^a   Seccareccia, Fulvia ^b   Menotti, Alessandro ^d   Dovellini, Emilio V ^a   Prati, Pier Luigi ^c   Rovelli, Fausto ^e   Fazzini, Pier Filippo ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Centro per la Lotta Contro l'Infarto   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031112540     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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