title: Echocardiography in hypertension: practical recommendations from the Italian Society of Hypertension (SIIA).
abstract: In this document some indications on practical management of patients with arterial hypertension are discussed and recommendations for how, when and to whom perform an echocardiogram are given.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Prevenzione, Centro Ricerche Cliniche, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Università di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuspidi
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: Maria Lorenza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Muiesan
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007558:Italy; D018579:Patient Selection; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
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