Performance of classic electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy in an African population

Hypertension

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-61

  Jaggy, Christian ^a   Perret, François ^a,b,c   Bovet, Pascal ^b   Van Melle, Guy ^b   Zerkiebel, Nic ^a   Madeleine, George ^d   Kappenberger, Lukas ^a   Paccaud, Fred ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Ethnic groups; Hypertrophy; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033853020     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.36.1.54     Document Type: Article

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