Prevalence, clinical correlates, and prognosis of discrete upper septal thickening on echocardiography: The framingham heart study

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-253

  Diaz, Tulio ^a,b   Pencina, Michael J ^a,c   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,d,e   Aragam, Jayashri ^a,f   Fuller, Deborah L ^a   Pencina, Karol M ^c   Levy, Daniel ^a,g   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,d  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Ventricular septum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISCRETE UPPER SEPTAL THICKENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 61349099495     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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