Guidelines for arterial hypertension: The echocardiography controversy

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 735-736

  De Simone, Giovanni ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 0032997682     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917060-00002     Document Type: Note

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