Obesity promotes left ventricular concentric rather than eccentric geometric remodeling and hypertrophy independent of blood pressure

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1144-1151

  Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a   Libhaber, Carlos D ^a   Majane, Olebogeng H I ^a   Libhaber, Elena ^a   Maseko, Muzi ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 52449107591     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.252     Document Type: Article

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