Obesity markedly attenuates the validity and performance of all electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy detection in a group of black African ancestry

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 377-383

  Maunganidze, Fabian ^a   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a   Libhaber, Carlos D ^a,b   Maseko, Muzi J ^a   Majane, Olebogeng H I ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

electrocardiography; left ventricular hypertrophy; obesity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDITY;

EID: 84872864509     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835b8daa     Document Type: Article

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