An appraisal of echocardiography as an epidemiological tool: The strong heart study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 238-244

  Devereux, Richard B ^a,f   Roman, Mary J ^a   Liu, Jennifer E ^a   Lee, Elisa T ^a   Wang, Wenyu ^b   Fabsitz, Richard R ^b   Welty, Thomas K ^c,d   Howard, Barbara V ^e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board   (United States)

^e MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Epidemiology; Obesity; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TIME;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037383968     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(02)00264-8     Document Type: Article

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