Open AccessImpact of dietary sodium intake on left ventricular diastolic filling in early essential hypertension
Author(s) -
M Langenfeld
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1997.0854
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , essential hypertension , diastole , dietary sodium , sodium , ventricular filling , blood pressure , chemistry , organic chemistry
Dietary sodium intake modulates left ventricular hypertrophy in established essential hypertension independent of blood pressure level. We conducted this study to elucidate the relationship between sodium intake and left ventricular structural or functional changes in early essential hypertension.
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