Is left ventricular concentric remodelling associated with carotid intima-media thickening in patients with essential hypertension?
In essential hypertension, early cardiovascular changes include both left ventricular concentric remodeling and carotid intima-media thickening, which are often associated.
Our results indicate that left ventricular concentric remodelling does not represent the only early cardiovascular change in arterial hypertension but rather is associated often with carotid intima-media thickening.
Cuspidi et al. (Sun,) studied this question.