Nocturnal Blood Pressure Pattern Affects Left Ventricular Remodeling and Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Patients with Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an independent predictor of cardiac mortality, regardless of its etiology. Previous studies have shown that high nocturnal blood pressure (BP) affects LV geometry in hypertensive patients. It has been suggested that continuous pressure overload affec...

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Autores principales: Yokota, Hajime, Imai, Yasuko, Tsuboko, Yusuke, Tokumaru, Aya M., Fujimoto, Hajime, Harada, Kazumasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067825

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