TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in predicting new coronary events and atherothrombotic brain infarction in patients over 62 years of age
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Koenigsberg, Mordecai
AU - Schwartz, Kenneth S.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Cardiovascular Research Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road, London, W12 England. Dr. Erne was supported by the Schweizer-ische Stiftung fur medizinische-biologische Stipendien, Switzerland. Manuscript received October 19, 1987; revised manuscript received and accepted February 1,1988.
PY - 1988/5/1
Y1 - 1988/5/1
N2 - Patients with electrocardiographic left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy have an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.1-5 Echocardiography is more sensitive and more specific than electrocardiography in detecting LV hypertrophy.6-8 We performed a prospective study to correlate echocardiographic LV hypertrophy with development of new cardiac events and atherothrombotic brain infarction (ABI) in unselected patients older than 62 years.
AB - Patients with electrocardiographic left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy have an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.1-5 Echocardiography is more sensitive and more specific than electrocardiography in detecting LV hypertrophy.6-8 We performed a prospective study to correlate echocardiographic LV hypertrophy with development of new cardiac events and atherothrombotic brain infarction (ABI) in unselected patients older than 62 years.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(88)90145-2
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(88)90145-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 2966554
AN - SCOPUS:0023932284
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 61
SP - 1130
EP - 1132
JO - The American Journal of Cardiology
JF - The American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 13
ER -