Racial/ethnic differences in the prognostic utility of left ventricular mass index for incident cardiovascular disease.

Emmanuel AkintoyeKarim MahmoudMohamed ShokrAubin SandioSagar Mallikethi-ReddyMuhammad SheikhOluwole AdegbalaAlexander EgbeAlexandros BriasoulisLuis Afonso

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2018)

Among 4 races/ethnicities studied, LVMI has more prognostic utility predicting future CVD events for Chinese and Hispanics and is least significant for non-Hispanic Whites.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
left ventricular
heart failure
type diabetes
acute myocardial infarction
current status
metabolic syndrome
cardiovascular risk factors
cardiovascular events
aortic stenosis
cardiac resynchronization therapy
acute coronary syndrome
left atrial
ejection fraction