Secular trends in echocardiographic left ventricular mass in the community: the Framingham Heart Study

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-361599
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.36159

Kaess, Bernhard M. ; Gona, P. ; Larson, M. G. ; Cheng, Susan ; Aragam, J. ; Kenchaiah, S. ; Benjamin, E. J. ; Vasan, Ramachandran S.

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate secular trends in echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass (LVM). Design, setting and participants: Longitudinal community-based cohort study in Framingham, Massachussetts. LVM was calculated from routine echocardiography in 4320 participants (52% women) of the Framingham offspring cohort at examination cycles 4 (1987–1991), 5 (1991–1995), 6 (1995–1998) and ...