Should African–Americans with elevated blood pressure be routinely screened for hypertensive heart disease?

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1201-1204

  Levy, Phillip d ^a   Flack, John m ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic dysfunction; hypertensive heart disease; left ventricular hypertrophy; left ventricular mass; systolic dysfunction; target organ cardiac damage

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877140103     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.130     Document Type: Article

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