Abstract
Our aim was to compare left ventricular (LV) deformation in subjects with masked hypertension (MH) to normotensive and sustained hypertensive patients. This cross-sectional study included 185 untreated subjects who underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring and complete two-dimensional echocardiographic (2DE) examination including multilayer strain analysis. MH was diagnosed if clinic BP was normal (
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of the American Society of Hypertension |
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Publication status | Accepted/In press - Apr 28 2016 |
Keywords
- Arterial hypertension
- Function
- Left ventricular structure
- Mechanics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Internal Medicine