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Excessive increase in left ventricular mass identifies hypertensive subjects with clustered geometric and functional abnormalities.
Journal of hypertension - 1 May 2007
Chinali Marcello, De Marco Marina, D'Addeo Gianpaolo, Benincasa Margherita, Romano Carmela, Galderisi Maurizio, de Simone Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular mass (LVM) exceeding needs to sustain haemodynamic load has been termed 'inappropriate left ventricular mass'. We hypothesized that inappropriate LVM identifies hypertensive patients with clustered cardiac geometric and functional abnormalities. METHODS: For this purpose, 359 hypertensive individuals without prevalent cardiovascular disease underwent Doppler echocardiography. Observed...
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