Ethnic differences in left ventricular structure: relations to hemodynamics and diurnal blood pressure variation | Zendy

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Ethnic differences in left ventricular structure: relations to hemodynamics and diurnal blood pressure variation

Author(s) -

Alan L. Hinderliter,

James A. Blumenthal,

Robert Waugh,

Mohan Chilukuri,

Andrew Sherwood

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.08.007

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodynamics , cardiology , blood pressure , diurnal temperature variation , ethnic group , variation (astronomy) , atmospheric sciences , physics , sociology , anthropology , astrophysics , geology

Previous studies have suggested that African Americans have a greater left ventricular relative wall thickness than whites with similar levels of blood pressure (BP), whereas other investigators have documented an attenuated nocturnal decline in BP and early remodeling of the resistance vessels in African Americans.

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