Structural association between the carotid artery and the left ventricle in a general population in Northern Italy: The Vobarno study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1805-1812

  Muiesan, Maria Lorenza ^a   Salvetti, Massimo ^a   Zulli, Roberto ^a   Pasini, GianFranco ^a   Bettoni, Giorgio ^a   Monteduro, Cristina ^a   Rizzoni, Damiano ^a   Castellano, Maurizio ^a   Agabiti Rosei, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Cardiac hypertrophy; Carotid structure; Concentric remodelling; Left ventricular geometry; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031737468     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816120-00014     Document Type: Article

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