Obesity-Related Hypertension: An Emerging Clinical Phenotype.

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Obesity represents a pandemic, independent and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, distinct from other well-known risk factors such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus. The impact of this condition on cardiovascular outcomes is remarkably potentiated when obesity is associated with hypertension. These include the development and progression of left ventricular hypertrophy, endothelial...

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