Do women have impaired regional systolic function in hypertensive heart disease? A 3-dimensional echocardiography study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Frielingsdorf, Jürgen ^a   Genoni, Michele ^a   Hess, Otto M ^b   Flachskampf, Frank A ^c  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Regional systolic function; Three dimensional echocardiography; Wall stress; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE;

EID: 33846284583     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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