Metabolic Syndrome and Morphofunctional Characteristics of the Left Ventricle in Clinically Hypertensive Nondiabetic Subjects
Author(s) -
Andrea Grandi,
Andrea Maria Maresca,
E Giudici,
Emanuela Laurita,
Chiara Marchesi,
Francesco Solbiati,
E Nicolini,
Luigina Guasti,
Achille Venco
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.2005.07.024
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , medicine , blood pressure , body mass index , ventricle , diastole , cardiology , endocrinology , national cholesterol education program , mass index , obesity
The study was aimed to evaluate the impact of the metabolic syndrome on left ventricular (LV) structure and function in nondiabetic patients, never treated with antihypertensive or lipid-lowering drugs.
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