Letter by Tsilakis et al regarding article "Subclinical left ventricular longitudinal systolic dysfunction in hypertension with no evidence of heart failure"

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1037-

  Tsilakis, Dimitrios ^a   Kranidis, Athanasios ^a   Karabinos, Elias ^a   Manolis, Antonis S ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 45849135953     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.1037     Document Type: Letter

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