Left ventricular mass and systolic function in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients after weight loss

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1040-1043

  Umana, Ernesto ^a   Panayiotou, Hercules ^a   Ramsey, Keith A ^a   Bikkina, Mahesh ^a   Massey, Clara V ^a   Alpert, Martin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034332722     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01148-6     Document Type: Article

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