Population
895 individuals aged 55-85 years from a triethnic population-based cohort
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Cohort
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LV mass differences by ethnicity should not yet alter clinical thresholds; leaves open remodeling as a driver of heart failure disparities.
Left-ventricular mass measured by 3D echocardiography is lower in South Asians and equivalent in African Caribbeans compared with Europeans, suggesting that left-ventricular remodeling rather than hypertrophy may explain the increased heart failure risk in African Caribbeans.
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