title: Comparison of left ventricular mass and geometric remodeling in treated and untreated men and women >50 years of age with systemic hypertension.
abstract: To investigate the effects of left ventricular (LV) mass and geometry in hypertensive patients >50 years of age, 540 men and women were divided into controlled, uncontrolled, and untreated groups. The high prevalence of concentric LV hypertrophy in postmenopausal women, despite medical therapy, emerged as a potentially important and underrecognized factor of their cardiovascular risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, 78284-7872, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zabalgoitia
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Haley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amerena
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oneschuk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yarows
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yunis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents