Histologically measured cardiomyocyte hypertrophy correlates with body height as strongly as with body mass index

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tracy, Richard E ^a   Sander, Gary E ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOMEGALY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 80052686044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/658958     Document Type: Article

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