Quantification of cardiac chamber size, ventricular mass, and function ranks among the most
clinically important and most frequently requested tasks of echocardiography …

Quantification of cardiac chamber size, ventricular mass and function ranks among the most
clinically important and most frequently requested tasks of echocardiography. Over the last …

HYPERTENSIVE heart disease can be defined as the response of the heart to the afterload
imposed on the left ventricle by the progressively increasing arterial pressure and total …

Background Blood pressure reduction achieved with β-blockers and diuretics is the best
recorded intervention to date for prevention of cardiovascular morbidity and death in patients …

To determine the accuracy of echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) dimension and mass
measurements for detection and quantification of LV hypertrophy, results of blindly read …

The diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS) relies on defined clinical criteria (Ghent nosology),
outlined by international expert opinion to facilitate accurate recognition of this genetic …

Background The most suitable antihypertensive drug to reduce the risk of cardiovascular
disease in patients with hypertension and diabetes is unclear. In prespecified analyses, we …

The spectrum of left ventricular geometric adaptation to hypertension was investigated in
165 patients with untreated essential hypertension and 125 age-and gender-matched …

Background Although systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with premature
myocardial infarction, the prevalence of underlying atherosclerosis and its relation to …

Objective: To assess the prognostic significance of left ventricular mass and geometry in
initially healthy persons with essential hypertension. Design: An observational study of a …