Left Ventricular Geometry and Mortality in Patients >70 Years of Age With Normal Ejection Fraction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1396-1399

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a   Messerli, Franz H ^b  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 33750505674     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.06.037     Document Type: Article

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