Predictive performance of echocardiographic parameters for cardiovascular events among elderly treated hypertensive patients

BACKGROUND: Hypertension leads to cardiac structural and functional changes, commonly assessed by echocardiography. In this study, we assessed the predictive performance of different echocardiographic parameters including left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on future cardiovascular outcomes in elderl...

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Main Authors: Chowdhury, E., Jennings, G., Dewar, E., Wing, L., Reid, Christopher
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Heart Association 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17346