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Recent insights in the development of organ damage caused by hypertension.
Acta cardiologica - 1 Aug 2004
Persu Alexandre, De Plaen Jean-François
Abstract excerpt
Recent recommendations for the management of hypertension have stressed the importance of assessing subclinical target organ damage for the evaluation of cardiovascular risk, the choice of antihypertensive treatment and the follow-up of hypertensive patients. In addition to classic hallmarks of target organ damage (left ventricular hypertrophy, renal dysfunction, microalbuminuria), new concepts emerging from...
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