Echocardiography protocol and cardiometabolic phenotyping in Indian birth cohorts—the IndEcho study

BackgroundAsian Indians are at higher risk of cardiometabolic disease compared to other ethnic groups, and the age of onset is typically younger. Cardiac structure and function are poorly characterized in this ethnic group. In this study, we describe image-acquisition methods and the reproducibility...

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Main Authors: Senthil K. Vasan, Anoop George Alex, Ambuj Roy, Mahasampath Gowri, Sikha Sinha, Jenifer Suresh, Reesa Susan Philip, Jolly Kochumon, Neetu Jaiswal, Geethanjali Arulappan, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Nikhil Tandon, Nihal Thomas, Felix Jebasingh, Clive Osmond, Fredrik Karpe, Santosh K. Bhargava, Belavendra Antonisamy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Caroline H.D. Fall, Viji S. Thomson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1055454/full