title: Prognostic value of midwall shortening fraction and its relation with left ventricular mass in systemic hypertension.
abstract: We followed 1,778 subjects (up to 12 years) with essential hypertension who underwent echocardiography at the time of their initial diagnostic workup. There were 166 major cardiovascular events during follow-up and the prognostic value of the midwall shortening fraction did not remain significant after controlling for left ventricular mass.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Generale Regionale Raffaello Silvestrini, Dipartimento di Discipline Cardiovascolari, Università di Perugia, Itlay. verdec@tin.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verdecchia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schillaci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reboldi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pede
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Porcellati
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis