Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Evaluation in Obese Hypertensive Patients: Effect of Left Ventricular Mass Index Criteria

PURPOSE: To evaluate left ventricular mass (LVM) index in hypertensive and normotensive obese individuals. METHODS: Using M mode echocardiography, 544 essential hypertensive and 106 normotensive patients were evaluated, and LVM was indexed for body surface area (LVM/BSA) and for height² (LVM/h²). Th...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς:	Eduardo Cantoni Rosa, Valdir Ambrósio Moysés, Ricardo Cintra Sesso, Frida Liane Plavnik, Fernando Flexa Ribeiro, Nárcia E. B. Kohlmann, Artur Beltrame Ribeiro, Maria Tereza Zanella, Osvaldo Kohlmann Jr.
Μορφή:	Artigo
Γλώσσα:	Inglês
Έκδοση:	Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-04-01
Σειρά:	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Θέματα:	essential hypertension obesity left ventricular hypertrophy left ventricular mass index
Διαθέσιμο Online:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002000400001
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