Why the study?
Is left ventricular hypertrophy associated with asymptomatic cerebral damage in hypertensive patients?
Is left ventricular hypertrophy associated with asymptomatic cerebral damage in hypertensive patients?
In hypertensive patients, the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy serves as a prognostic indicator for asymptomatic cerebral damage.
LVH may mark subclinical cerebral damage in hypertension; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter practice.
Our study demonstrates that LVH is associated with cerebral damage even in the absence of clinical symptoms. Thus, the presence of cardiac damage provides important prognostic clues about the presence of asymptomatic cerebral damage.
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