Relation of left ventricular geometry and function to aortic root dilatation in patients with systemic hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (the LIFE study)

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Feb 1;89(3):337-41. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)02238-x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aorta / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Blood Pressure
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Europe
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles / anatomy & histology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / physiopathology*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • United States
  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Ventricular Remodeling*