Do Hypertensive Individuals Have Enlarged Aortic Root Diameters? Insights From Studying the Various Subtypes of Hypertension | Zendy

S. Morteza Farasat | Zendy; C H Morrell | Zendy; Angelo Scuteri | Zendy; Chih-Tai Ting | Zendy; Frank C. P. Yin | Zendy; H. A. Spurgeon | Zendy; ChiaHsiang Chen | Zendy; Edward G. Lakatta | Zendy; Samer S. Najjar | Zendy

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Do Hypertensive Individuals Have Enlarged Aortic Root Diameters? Insights From Studying the Various Subtypes of Hypertension

Author(s) -

S. Morteza Farasat,

C H Morrell,

Angelo Scuteri,

Chih-Tai Ting,

Frank C. P. Yin,

H. A. Spurgeon,

ChiaHsiang Chen,

Edward G. Lakatta,

Samer S. Najjar

Publication year - 2008

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 - 10.1038/ajh.2008.10

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cardiology , aortic root , diastole , prehypertension , pathophysiology , aorta

Aortic root diameter (AoD) increases with aging and is related to body size. AoD is also presumed to increase in hypertension. In prior studies, however, after adjusting for age and body size, AoD did not differ between hypertensive and normotensive (NT) individuals. Hypertension is a heterogeneous condition with various subtypes that differ in pathophysiology and age distribution. We assessed whether AoD differs among subjects with the various subtypes of hypertension and nonhypertensive individuals.

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