American Heart Journal
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 79.e9-79.e15 , July 2007

Differential impact of left ventricular mass and relative wall thickness on cardiovascular prognosis in diabetic and nondiabetic hypertensive subjects

  • Kazuo Eguchi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tokyo, Japan
    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Division of General Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kazuo Eguchi, Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Division of General Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th St, PH9-942 New York, NY 10032.
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  • Joji Ishikawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Satoshi Hoshide, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shizukiyo Ishikawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Thomas G. Pickering, MD, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Division of General Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Joseph E. Schwartz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, NY
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  • Shunichi Homma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
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  • Kazuyuki Shimada, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kazuomi Kario, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tokyo, Japan

Received 8 February 2007 ,Accepted 8 April 2007.

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 This study was supported in part by grants-in-aid (1998–1999, 2001–2002, 2004–2005) from the Foundation for the Development of the Community, Tochigi, Japan, the Banyu Fellowship Program sponsored by Banyu Life Science Foundation International, and NHLBI (R24 HL76857 and PO1 HL 47540).

PII: S0002-8703(07)00329-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.04.021

American Heart Journal
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 79.e9-79.e15 , July 2007

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