Tracking of left ventricular mass in children: Race and sex comparisons the MCV twin study

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 1901-1906

  Schicken, Richard M ^a   Schwartz, Pamela F ^a,b   Goble, Monica M ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass, left ventricular; Race; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032546641     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.97.19.1901     Document Type: Article

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