Comparison of frequencies of left ventricular systolic and diastolic heart failure in chinese living in Hong Kong

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-567

  Yip, Gabriel W K ^a   Ho, Pearl P Y ^a   Woo, Kam S ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032839359     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00378-1     Document Type: Article

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