ECG Criteria for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Black Africans: Insights from the coArtHA Trial
By: Annina S. Vischer, Valeriya Nemtsova, Blaise Lukau, Martin Rohacek, Jonathan Macko, Johanna Oehri, Herry Mapesi, Fiona Vanobberghen, Andrew Katende, Ravi Gupta, Herieth Ismael Wilson, Alain Amstutz, Elizabeth Senkoro, Theonestina Byakuzana, Geofrey Mbunda, Jamali Siru, Winfrid Gingo, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt, Maja Weisser and Thilo Burkard
Authors
Annina S. Vischer
Medical Outpatient Department and Hypertension Centre, ESH Hypertension Centre of Excellence, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel
Medical Outpatient Department and Hypertension Centre, ESH Hypertension Centre of Excellence, University Hospital Basel, Basel
Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara branch, Ifakara, TZ; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil; University of Basel, Basel, CH; St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara
Jonathan Macko
Medical Outpatient Department and Hypertension Centre, ESH Hypertension Centre of Excellence, University Hospital Basel, Basel
Medical Outpatient Department and Hypertension Centre, ESH Hypertension Centre of Excellence, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil; University of Basel, Basel
Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara branch, Ifakara, TZ; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil; University of Basel, Basel
fiona.vanobberghen@swisstph.ch
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil; University of Basel, Basel
Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara branch, Ifakara; St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, CH; Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, NO; Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil; University of Basel, Basel, CH; SolidarMed, Partnerships for Health, Maseru, LS; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel; Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Basel, Basel
Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara branch, Ifakara, TZ; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel; Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Basel, Basel
Medical Outpatient Department and Hypertension Centre, ESH Hypertension Centre of Excellence, University Hospital Basel, Basel; University of Basel, Basel; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1562 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Page range: 57 - 57
Submitted on: Nov 10, 2025
Accepted on: May 21, 2026
Published on: Jul 21, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2026 Annina S. Vischer, Valeriya Nemtsova, Blaise Lukau, Martin Rohacek, Jonathan Macko, Johanna Oehri, Herry Mapesi, Fiona Vanobberghen, Andrew Katende, Ravi Gupta, Herieth Ismael Wilson, Alain Amstutz, Elizabeth Senkoro, Theonestina Byakuzana, Geofrey Mbunda, Jamali Siru, Winfrid Gingo, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt, Maja Weisser, Thilo Burkard, published by Ubiquity Press
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