Relation of QT interval and QT dispersion to echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and geometric pattern in hypertensive patients. The LIFE study. The Losartan Intervention For Endpoint Reduction.

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Published in J Hypertens on October 01, 2001

Authors

L Oikarinen1, M S Nieminen, M Viitasalo, L Toivonen, K Wachtell, V Papademetriou, S Jern, B Dahlöf, R B Devereux, P M Okin

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. lasse.oikarinen@kolumbus.fi

Associated clinical trials:

Losartan Intervention For Endpoint Reduction in Hypertension (LIFE) Study (0954-133) | NCT00338260

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