Open AccessRelación entre hiperinsulinemia, disfunción diastólica e hipertrofia del ventrículo izquierdo en pacientes con hipertensión arterial sistémica
Author(s) -
Ernesto Germán Cardona-Muñóz,
David Cardona-Müller,
Sylvia Elena Totsuka-Sutto,
Carlos Martín Nuño-Guzmán,
Sara Pascoe-González,
Marina María de Jesús Romero-Prado,
Alejandra Guillermina Miranda-Díaz
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
revista médica de chile
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 0717-6163
pISSN - 0034-9887
DOI - 10.4067/s0034-98872007000900005
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperinsulinemia , left ventricular hypertrophy , ventricular hypertrophy , diastole , cardiology , endocrinology , overweight , muscle hypertrophy , insulin , blood pressure , body mass index , insulin resistance
Hypertension is the main independent cardiovascular risk factor. However, there are additional factors that induce organic damage.