title: [Correlation of functional and structural changes of the cardiovascular system in hypertensive disease].
abstract: Dynamics of left ventricular mass, minimal resistance of forearm arterial vessels and compliance of forearm venous vessels were studied in hypertensive patients during a 3-year effective antihypertensive treatment. Our findings suggest that pressure reduction and regression of myocardial hypertrophy develop in a parallel fashion while minimal resistance of vessels remains elevated due to the increasing contractile activity of smooth muscles. The presence of structural changes can only be assessed if the transmural pressure is the same along the whole arterial tree.
authors.forename: Ia V
authors.initials: IaV
authors.lastname: Skards
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Vitols
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Matisone
authors.forename: V Ia
authors.initials: VIa
authors.lastname: Dzerve-Talums
authors.forename: I Ia
authors.initials: IIa
authors.lastname: Skarda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006332:Cardiomegaly; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Sootnoshenie funktsional'nykh i strukturnykh izmeneniĭ serdechno-sosudistoĭ sistemy pri gipertonicheskoĭ bolezni.