Open AccessPredictive Performance of Echocardiographic Parameters for Cardiovascular Events Among Elderly Treated Hypertensive Patients
Author(s) -
E. Chowdhury,
Garry Jennings,
Elizabeth Dewar,
Lindon Wing,
Christopher M. Reid
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.1093/ajh/hpw035
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , blood pressure , cardiovascular event , myocardial infarction
Hypertension leads to cardiac structural and functional changes, commonly assessed by echocardiography. In this study, we assessed the predictive performance of different echocardiographic parameters including left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on future cardiovascular outcomes in elderly hypertensive patients without heart failure.
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