Relation of Left Ventricular Mass and QT Dispersion in Patients with Systematic Hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 508-511

  Ichkhan, Khachig ^a   Molnar, Janos ^a   Somberg, John ^a,b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031568560     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00797-7     Document Type: Article

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