Inappropriately high left ventricular mass: Marker of very high cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 800-801

  Nardi, Emilio ^a   Palermo, Alessandro ^a   Mulè, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE;

EID: 84864703255     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.64     Document Type: Note

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