Usefulness of aortic root dimension in persons ≥65 years of age in predicting heart failure, stroke, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality and acute myocardial infarction (from the Cardiovascular Health Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 270-275

  Gardin, Julius M ^a   Arnold, Alice M ^b   Polak, Joseph ^c   Jackson, Sharon ^d   Smith, Vivienne ^e   Gottdiener, John ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31344462677     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.039     Document Type: Article

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