Assessment of left ventricular geometrical patterns and function among hypertensive patients at a tertiary hospital, Northern Tanzania

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Silangei, Lairumbe K ^a,b,e   Maro, Venance P ^a,b   Diefenthal, Helmut ^a,b   Kapanda, Gibson ^a   Dewhurst, Matthew ^d   Mwandolela, Hery ^c   Hamel, Ben ^a  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c Heameda Medical Clinic   (Tanzania)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Essential hypertension; Left ventricular function; Left ventricular geometry; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Left ventricular mass index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TANZANIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TANZANIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84869864500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-109     Document Type: Article

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