Association of heart failure hospitalizations with combined electrocardiography and echocardiography criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 678-683

  Gerdts, Eva ^a,b   Okin, Peter M ^c   Boman, Kurt ^d   Wachtell, Kristian ^e   Nieminen, Markku S ^f   Dahlöf, Björn ^g   Devereux, Richard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; echocardiography; electrocardiography; heart failure; hypertension; left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOSARTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861185956     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.31     Document Type: Article

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