Left Ventricular Mass Indexed to Height and Prevalent MRI Cerebrovascular Disease in an African American Cohort

Ervin R. Fox; Herman A. Taylor; Emelia Benjamin; Jingzhong Ding; Philip R. Liebson; Donna K. Arnett; Ernest Matthew Quin; Thomas N. Skelton

doi:10.1161/01.str.0000154893.68957.55

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In this randomized subset of a population-based cohort of African American adults, LVM/height was related to MRI evidence of prevalent cerebrovascular disease. The current study supports the hypothesis that LVM/height is an important risk factor for stroke in multiple ethnicities.

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