American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 9 , Pages 1131-1135 , 1 November 2008

Prognostic Significance of Increased Left Ventricular Mass Index to Mortality and Sudden Death in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease (from the Heart and Soul Study)

  • Mintu P. Turakhia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 650-724-0988; fax: 650-725-7568
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  • Nelson B. Schiller, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Mary A. Whooley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Section of General Internal Medicine, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California

Received 5 May 2008 ,Revised 30 June 2008 ,Accepted 30 June 2008.

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 Dr. Turakhia was supported by grants from the American College of Cardiology and Merck Foundation. The Heart and Soul Study was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (R01 HL079235), the American Federation for Aging Research, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Ischemia Research and Education Foundation.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01138-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.036

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 9 , Pages 1131-1135 , 1 November 2008

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