Echocardiographic partition values and prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive Nigerians

Echocardiographic partition values and prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive Nigerians

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a well known independent risk factor for cardiovascular events. It has been shown that combination of left ventricular mass (LVM) and relative wall thickness (RWT) can be used to identify differe...

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Main Authors: Oladapo Olulola O, Adebayo Adedeji K, Aje Akinyemi, Ojji Dike B, Ogah Okechukwu S, Adebiyi Adewole A, Falase Ayodele O
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Imaging
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2342/6/10

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