Impaired systolic and diastolic function and ventricular arrhythmia are common in normotensive healthy elderly men with left ventricular hypertrophy

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-117

  Andrén, Bertil ^a,b   Lind, Lars ^a   Hedenstierna, Göran ^a   Lithell, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Diastolic left ventricular function; Echocardiography; Elderly; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Systolic left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032973995     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199903000-00008     Document Type: Article

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