Association of Chronic Periodontitis With Left Ventricular Mass and Central Blood Pressure in Treated Patients With Essential Hypertension | Zendy

E. Franek | Zendy; Ewa Klamczyńska | Zendy; Ewa Ganowicz | Zendy; Anna Błach | Zendy; Tomasz Budlewski | Zendy; Renata Górska | Zendy

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Association of Chronic Periodontitis With Left Ventricular Mass and Central Blood Pressure in Treated Patients With Essential Hypertension

Author(s) -

E. Franek,

Ewa Klamczyńska,

Ewa Ganowicz,

Anna Błach,

Tomasz Budlewski,

Renata Górska

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.2008.330

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cardiology , pulse pressure , body mass index , essential hypertension , pulse wave velocity , mass index , periodontitis , left ventricular hypertrophy

The aim of the study was to answer the question whether chronic periodontitis (CP) in patients with essential hypertension is associated with increased aortic stiffness and increased central blood pressure (CBP), which may in turn increase left ventricular mass (LVM) in those patients. CP influences LVM in hypertensive and renal patients as well as in healthy subjects; however, mechanisms involved are not clear.

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