Extracardiac organ damage in essential hypertensives with left ventricular concentric remodelling

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 380-386

  Cuspidi, C ^a,b   Giudici, V ^b   Meani, S ^c   Negri, F ^a,b   Sala, C ^d   Zanchetti, A ^b,d   Mancia, G ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Extracardiac organ damage; Left ventricular concentric remodelling

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETINOGRAPHY; RETINOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77952382668     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.87     Document Type: Article

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