Insulin effects on the left ventricle in older hypertensive subjects

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 727-729

  Scuteri, Angelo ^a,b   Di Bernardo, Maria Gabriella ^a   De Propris, Anna Maria ^a   Marigliano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Insulin; Left ventricular function; Left ventricular mass; Older

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN RESPONSE; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033062081     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01598.x     Document Type: Article

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