Combination of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic information identifies individuals prone to a progressive increase in left ventricular mass over 5 years

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 861-868

  Reffelmann, Thorsten ^a,d   Dörr, Marcus ^a   Völzke, Henry ^b   Kors, Jan ^c   Ruppert, Jörg ^a   Robinson, Daniel ^a   Felix, Stephan B ^a  

^a Universitätsklinikum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Hypertension; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67649637369     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328324f8e8     Document Type: Article

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