The Association of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy with Metabolic Syndrome is Dependent on Body Mass Index in Hypertensive Overweight or Obese Patients

BACKGROUND: Overweight (Ow) and obesity (Ob) influence blood pressure (BP) and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It is unclear whether the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) independently affects echocardiographic parameters in hypertension. METHODS: 380 Ow/Ob essential hypertensive patients (a...

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Autores principales: Guerra, Federico, Mancinelli, Lucia, Angelini, Luca, Fortunati, Marco, Rappelli, Alessandro, Dessì-Fulgheri, Paolo, Sarzani, Riccardo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3031611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21304952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016630

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