Left ventricular structure and systolic function in African Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 483-488

  Nkomo, Vuyisile T ^a   Arnett, Donna K ^b   Benjamin, Emelia J ^c   Liebson, Philip R ^d   Hutchinson, Richard G ^e   Skelton, Thomas N ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cohort Studies; Echocardiography; Left ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 7444240313     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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