Sibling correlation of left ventricular mass and geometry in hypertensive African Americans and whites: The HyperGEN study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1226-1230

  Arnett, Donna K ^a   Hong, Yuling ^b   Bella, Jonathan N ^c   Oberman, Al ^d   Kitzman, Dalane W ^e   Hopkins, Paul N ^f   Rao, Dabeeru C ^b   Devereux, Richard B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heritability; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Race; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0035216105     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02200-2     Document Type: Article

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