Comparison of left ventricular mass and geometric remodeling in treated and untreated men and women >50 years of age with systemic hypertension.
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.
Zabalgoitia
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Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, 78284-7872, USA.
Rahman
S N
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Haley
W E
WE
Amerena
J
J
Krause
L
L
Oneschuk
L
L
Yarows
S
S
Yunis
C
C
Lucas
C
C
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*
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents