Left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive Black African: Echographic study of 452 subjects;L'hypertrophie ventriculaire gauche du Noir Africain hypertendu: Étude échocardiographique chez 452 sujets

Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 197-201

  Niakara, A ^a,c   Ouedraogo N ^b   Nebie L V A ^a   Samadoulougou, A K ^a   Kabore N J P ^a   Ouandaogo, B J ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^b CHN YO   (Burkina Faso)

^c NONE   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Black African; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AFRICA; ECHOGRAPHY; NEGRO;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE;

EID: 0034929544     PISSN: 00033928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3928(01)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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