Relation between left ventricular remodeling and nocturnal blood pressure in the elderly with systemic hypertension.
Elderly hypertensive patients with concentric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy had larger LV mass, more impaired diastolic LV function, higher nocturnal blood pressure (BP), and smaller nocturnal BP reduction than those of patients with other geometric patterns. Patients with concentric LV hypertrophy might have more severe hypertensive cardiac involvement and greater risk for cardiovascular events than those patients with other geometric patterns.
Aono
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Division of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Itabashi-ku, Japan.
Kuwajima
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Suzuki
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Ozawa
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*