Article
Genetic association of left ventricular mass assessed by M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jan 2016
Barve Ruteja A, Gu C Charles, Yang Wei, Chu Jian, Dávila-Román Victor G, de las Fuentes Lisa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular mass offers prognostic information for assessing cardiovascular disease risk. M-mode and two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographically-derived left ventricular mass values have shown high accuracy and reproducibility; however, no studies to date have compared left ventricular mass genetic association findings on the basis of both the methods. The aim of this study was to compare...
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