Echocardiographic partition values and prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive Nigerians

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Adebiyi, Adewole A ^a,b   Ogah, Okechukwu S ^a   Aje, Akinyemi ^a   Ojji, Dike B ^a   Adebayo, Adedeji K ^a   Oladapo, Olulola O ^a,b   Falase, Ayodele O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748699368     PISSN: 14712342     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-6-10     Document Type: Article

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