Left ventricular geometry and survival in patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction

RV Milani, CJ Lavie, MR Mehra, HO Ventura… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
In hypertensive populations, left ventricular (LV) geometry, which is characterized by
hypertrophy, predicts cardiovascular outcome. The left ventricle can also alter its shape by …

Left ventricular structural and functional characteristics in Cushing's syndrome

ML Muiesan, M Lupia, M Salvetti, C Grigoletto… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate left ventricular (LV) anatomy and function in
patients with Cushing's syndrome. Background: A high prevalence of LV hypertrophy and …

Impact of left ventricular geometry on prognosis in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (the LIFE study)

E Gerdts, D Cramariuc, G De Simone… - European Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims Less is known about the relation between in-treatment left ventricular (LV) geometry
and risk of cardiovascular events. We assessed LV geometric patterns on baseline and …

[PDF][PDF] 高血压病大动脉扩张性与左室肥厚关系的探讨

王宏宇, 张维忠, 龚兰生, 李志明, 邱慧丽, 范明昌… - 2000 - kangmeideyiliao.com
目的探讨高血压病(essential hypertension, EH) 患者大动脉扩张性降低与左室肥厚的关系.
方法分别应用脉搏波传导速度自动测量系统和超声心动图对颈动脉2 股动脉脉搏波传导速度 …

The AID enzyme induces class switch recombination in fibroblasts

I Okazaki, K Kinoshita, M Muramatsu, K Yoshikawa… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
The switch of the immunoglobulin isotype from IgM to IgG, IgE or IgA is mediated by class
switch recombination (CSR). CSR changes the immunoglobulin heavy chain constant …

Left ventricular concentric remodeling is associated with decreased global and regional systolic function: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

BD Rosen, T Edvardsen, S Lai, E Castillo, L Pan… - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The transition from compensatory concentric remodeling to myocardial failure
is not completely understood in humans. To investigate determinants of incipient myocardial …

Prognostic implications of LV strain risk score in asymptomatic patients with hypertensive heart disease

M Saito, F Khan, T Stoklosa, A Iannaccone… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2016 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to investigate the associations of left ventricular (LV) strain and
its serial change with major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in hypertensive heart disease …

Night-time blood pressure patterns and target organ damage: a review

FS Routledge, JA McFetridge-Durdle… - Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Background Individuals who do not have a 10% to 20% reduction in blood pressure (BP)
during the night are known as 'nondippers'. The cause of this nondipping phenomenon is …

Impact of different partition values on prevalences of left ventricular hypertrophy and concentric geometry in a large hypertensive population: the LIFE study

K Wachtell, JN Bella, PR Liebson, E Gerdts… - …, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and concentric remodeling have been defined by using a
variety of indexation methods and partition values (PVs) for LV mass and relative wall …

Twins in cardiovascular genetic research

FC Luft - Hypertension, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Twin studies have been largely responsible for showing the effects of genetic variance on a
quantitative trait. The model is based on the fact that monozygotic twins share all genes in …