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Background Myocardial energetic efficiency (MEE), is a strong predictor of CV events in hypertensive patient and is reduced in patients with diabetes and metabolic syndrome. We hypothesized that severity of insulin resistance (by HOMA-IR) negatively influences MEE in participants from the Strong Heart Study (SHS). Methods We selected non-diabetic participants (n = 3128, 47 ± 17 years, 1807 women,...
PURPOSE: Despite the prognostic importance of left ventricular (LV) mass (LVM) by M-mode echocardiography, concern exists about bias introduced by missing data. The American Society of Echocardiography has made recommendations for linear measurements of LV wall thickness and internal dimension used to calculate LVM, but it is unknown whether their substitution for suboptimal M-modes improves measurement...
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