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Is heavy aortic calcification associated with arterial stiffening, left ventricular hypertrophy, and diastolic dysfunction in elderly male patients with hypertension?
Is heavy aortic calcification associated with arterial stiffening, left ventricular hypertrophy, and diastolic dysfunction in elderly male patients with hypertension?
Heavy aortic calcification is associated with arterial stiffening, left ventricular hypertrophy, and diastolic dysfunction in elderly hypertensive men.
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Supports aortic calcification as potential driver of LV changes in hypertensive men; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective confirmation.
Heavy aortic calcification and resultant arterial stiffening might underlie left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in elderly male patients with hypertension.
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