Why the study?
Does age impact the relationship between cardiac hypertrophy and diastolic function in hypertensive subjects?
Does age impact the relationship between cardiac hypertrophy and diastolic function in hypertensive subjects?
Aging-associated factors independently affect the relationship between cardiac hypertrophy and diastolic function in hypertensive patients, beyond just LV mass.
Age-related factors may modify hypertrophy-diastolic links in hypertension beyond LV mass; hypothesis-generating for refined echocardiographic risk assessment.
Our findings suggest the relationship between cardiac hypertrophy and diastolic function in hypertensive subjects is affected by aging-associated factors unrelated to the amount of LV mass as assessed by standard echocardiography.
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