Aldosterone and left ventricular hypertrophy in Afro-Caribbean subjects with low renin hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-24

  Stewart, Andrew D ^a   Millasseau, Sandrine C ^a   Dawes, Mathew ^a,b   Kyd, Patricia A ^a,c   Chambers, John B ^a   Ritter, James M ^a   Chowienczyk, Philip J ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Ethnicity; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Renin

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 32344441863     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.06.035     Document Type: Article

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