The relationship of left ventricular mass and geometry to incident cardiovascular events: the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) study.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on December 16, 2008

Authors

David A Bluemke1, Richard A Kronmal, João A C Lima, Kiang Liu, Jean Olson, Gregory L Burke, Aaron R Folsom

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. bluemked@nih.gov

Associated clinical trials:

Pilot Study of Cardiac MR in Patients With Muscular Dystrophy | NCT02921321

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