Determinants of left ventricular hypertrophy and its regression in people of African ancestry in South Africa

ABSTRACT There is substantial evidence to suggest that independent of conventional BP, LV mass (LVM) is higher in African-Americans than in European-Americans a difference that may translate into a higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. In the present thesis I assessed whether LVM is simi...

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Main Author: Libhaber, Elena Neustadt
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/5022