Indexation of left ventricular mass to identify blood pressure-related left ventricular hypertrophy

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1263-1265

  Bella, Jonathan N ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DEATH; HEART INDEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ITALY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 25844523816     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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