Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in a general population. The Tromso Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 429-438

  Schirmer, H ^a   Lunde, P ^a   Rasmussen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Obesity; Population; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033048544     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1314     Document Type: Article

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