Differential Effect of Elevated Blood Pressure on Left Ventricular Geometry Types in Black and White Young Adults in a Community (from the Bogalusa Heart Study)

Hypertension and left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy are both more common in blacks than in whites. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that blood pressure (BP) has a differential effect on the LV geometry types in black versus white asymptomatic young adults. As a part of the Boga...

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Main Authors: Wang, Jian, Chen, Wei, Ruan, Litao, Toprak, Ahmet, Srinivasan, Sathanur R., Berenson, Gerald S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106340/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21316506
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.10.053
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