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Diastolic dysfunction is associated with insulin resistance, but not with aldosterone level in normotensive offspring of hypertensive families.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2008
Zizek Bogomir, Poredos Pavel, Trojar Andrej, Zeljko Tadej
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We investigated left ventricular (LV) morphology and function in association with insulin level/insulin resistance (IR) and aldosterone level in normotensive offspring of subjects with essential hypertension (familial trait, FT). METHODS: The study encompassed 76 volunteers o...
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