Prevalence of asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in hypertensive Nigerians: echocardiographic study of 832 subjects

BACKGROUND: We sought to determine the prevalence of echocardiographically determined left ventricular systolic dysfunction in asymptomatic hypertensive subjects seen in Abeokuta, Nigeria. METHODS: Echocardiography was performed in 832 consecutive hypertensive subjects referred for cardiac evaluatio...

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Autores principales: Ogah, OS, Akinyemi, RO, Adesina, JO, Osinfade, JKL, Ogundipe, RF, Adegbite, GD, Udofia, OI, Udoh, SB, Ojo, OS, Alabi, AA, Majekodunmi, T, Falase, AO
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2011
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Cardiovascular Topics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22159315
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2010-063

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