The chest radiograph: A useful investigation in the evaluation of hypertensive patients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-510

  Rayner, Brian L ^a,b   Goodman, Hillel ^a   Opie, Lionel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aortic knob width; hypertension; left ventricular hypertrophy; Target organ damage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION; TARGET ORGAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 2642562691     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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