Left ventricular hypertrophy as an independent predictor of acute cerebrovascular events in essential hypertension

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2039-2044

  Verdecchia, Paolo ^a   Porcellati, Carlo ^a   Reboldi, Gianpaolo ^a   Gattobigio, Roberto ^b   Borgioni, Claudia ^a   Pearson, Thomas A ^c   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Beato G Villa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Prognosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0035940391     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4201.097944     Document Type: Article

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