Natural history of concentric left ventricular geometry in community-dwelling older adults without heart failure during seven years of follow-up

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Desai, Ravi V ^a   Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Zile, Michael R ^b,c   Ahmed, Ali ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 78650875194     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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