Myocardial deformation in African hypertensive patients with heart failure : an analysis using speckle tracking echocardiography

Hypertension and heart failure are intimately related with the incidence of heart failure among hypertensive subjects between 1% and 2% per year. Structural and functional myocardial abnormalities identified in hypertensive patients contribute to the progression of myocardial dysfunction. Systolic a...

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Main Author: Maharaj, Nirvarthi
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15430