The association of left ventricular mass with cardiovascular risk factors in African American women

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-17

  Sherif, Katherine ^a   Barrett, Michael ^a   Kushner, Harvey ^b   Falkner, Bonita ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Biomedical Computer Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Blood pressure; Left Ventricular mass; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033928515     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200007000-00003     Document Type: Article

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