Incidence of new stroke or new myocardial infarction or death at 39-month follow-up in patients with diabetes mellitus, hypertension or both with and without microalbuminuria

Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-65

  Ravipati, Gautham ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahn, Chul ^b   Alappat, Rose M ^a   McClung, John A ^a   Weiss, Melvin B ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Microalbuminuria; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36949032537     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105327     Document Type: Article

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