Journal article
Burden of Systolic and Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction Among Hispanics in the United States
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Population-based estimates of cardiac dysfunction and clinical heart failure (HF) remain undefined among Hispanics/Latino adults.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Participants of Hispanic/Latino origin across the United States aged 45 to 74 years were enrolled into the Echocardiographic Study of Latinos (ECHO-SOL) and underwent a comprehensive echocardiography examination to define left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and left …
Authors
Mehta H; Armstrong A; Swett K; Shah SJ; Allison MA; Hurwitz B; Bangdiwala S; Dadhania R; Kitzman DW; Arguelles W
Journal
Circulation Heart Failure, Vol. 9, No. 4,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
April 2016
DOI
10.1161/circheartfailure.115.002733
ISSN
1941-3289