Increased relative wall thickness is a marker of subclinical cardiac target-organ damage in African diabetic patients

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 435-441

  Chillo, Pilly ^a,b,c   Lwakatare, Johnson ^c   Lutale, Janet ^c   Gerdts, Eva ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

African diabetes; Left ventricular geometry; Relative wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RELATIVE WALL THICKNESS; RELAXATION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867199369     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-023     Document Type: Article

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