Concentric or Eccentric Hypertrophy: How Clinically Relevant Is the Difference?

Hypertension

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 714-715

  De Simone, Giovanni ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONCENTRIC HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; ECCENTRIC HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; EDITORIAL; GEMELLA; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SARCOMERE;

HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 1642460741     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000121363.08252.a7     Document Type: Editorial

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