Twenty-Four-Hour Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Are Additive Markers of Left Ventricular Mass in Hypertensive Subjects
Author(s) -
Nikos Zakopoulos,
Ignatios Ikonomidis,
K. Vemmos,
E. G. Manios,
Ioanna Spiliopoulou,
Georgios Tsivgoulis,
K. Spengos,
D PSALTOPOULOU,
Myron Mavrikakis,
S.D. Moulopoulos
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.06.033
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cardiology , body mass index , ambulatory blood pressure , left ventricular hypertrophy , pulse pressure , body surface area , diastole , heart rate , ambulatory , essential hypertension
We investigated whether mean heart rate (HR(24)) and blood pressure (BP) parameters during 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABP) are independent or additive markers of left ventricular (LV) mass in subjects with newly diagnosed, untreated hypertension.
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