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

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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Main Authors: 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.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-04-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
essential hypertension
obesity
left ventricular hypertrophy
left ventricular mass index
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002000400001

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