Effect of hypertension on cardiac mass and radial artery wall thickness.
In subjects with essential hypertension, increased cardiac and radial artery mass are positively associated. The mechanical factor that contributes in the larger extent to their enhancement is pulse pressure, not mean arterial pressure.
Mourad
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Department of Internal Medicine, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France.
Hanon
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Girerd
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Boutouyrie
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Safar
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D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000209:etiology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D012044:Regression Analysis