Association of heart failure hospitalizations with combined electrocardiography and echocardiography criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy
Author(s) -
Eva Gerdts,
Peter M. Okin,
Kurt Boman,
Kristian Wachtell,
Markku S. Nieminen,
Björn Dahlöf,
Richard B. Devereux
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.1038/ajh.2012.31
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , left ventricular hypertrophy , heart failure , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , electrocardiography , transthoracic echocardiogram , hypertensive heart disease , blood pressure , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , engineering
The value of performing echocardiography in hypertensive patients with electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is uncertain.
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