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dc.contributor.authorIKEM E, A C-
dc.contributor.authorOGAKWU, M A B-
dc.contributor.authorNWAKONOBI, F A-
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-09T09:32:45Z-
dc.date.available2024-10-09T09:32:45Z-
dc.date.issued1976-
dc.identifier.citationAfr. J. Med. med. Sci. (1976)5, 195-199en_US
dc.identifier.issn1116-4077-
dc.identifier.urihttp://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/3046-
dc.descriptionARTICLEen_US
dc.description.abstractA study of the width of the aortic shadow and of the cardiothoracic ratios in 183 chest radiographs, of persons over the age of 35 years, shows that hypertension produces a constant enlargement of the aortic shadow. The study suggests that gross enlargement, in the absence of disease of the aorta or of the aortic valves, is a result of hypertension. The authors suggest that this enlargement is valuable in delineating a sub-group of cases of myocardial failure in which the primary cause of failure may be hypertension. Cases with gross aortic arch dilatation and no detectable cardiovascular disease often have cardiomegaly. The question of the possibility of remission of untreated hypertension is raiseden_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCOLLEGE OF MEDICINE,UNIVERSITY OF IBADANen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCOLLEGE OF MEDICINEen_US
dc.subjectcardiothoracicen_US
dc.subjectaorticen_US
dc.subjecthypertensionen_US
dc.subjectmyocardialen_US
dc.titleThe significance of the enlargement of the aortic shadow in adult Nigeriansen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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