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Sex-specific hemodynamic and non-hemodynamic determinants of aortic root size in hypertensive subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Nov 2009
Cipolli José A A, Souza Felipe A S, Ferreira-Sae Maria C S, Pio-Magalhães José A, Figueiredo Eugênio S, Vidotti Vanessa G, Matos-Souza José R, Franchini Kleber G, Nadruz Wilson
Abstract excerpt
Aortic root (AoR) dilatation is more frequently observed in hypertensive individuals and is independently associated with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. Although the LV structure has sex-specific predictors, it remains unknown whether there are gender-related differences in the determinants of AoR size. We carried out a cross-sectional analysis of clinical, laboratory, anthropometric, funduscopic and...
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