Key result
Autopsy findings revealed that 12.6% of patients over 40 years and 14.8% over 50 years had a history or anatomic evidence of hypertension, often based on increased heart weight.
Population
Patients over 40 years of age and patients over 50 years of age coming to autopsy
Design
Review
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May indicate underrecognized hypertension burden in older adults; leaves open need for contemporary validation against clinical outcomes.
Highlights the significant prevalence of hypertension and its anatomic cardiac consequences in autopsy patients over 40 years of age.
George Fahr (1935) conducted a review in Essential hypertension. Autopsy findings revealed that 12.6% of patients over 40 years and 14.8% over 50 years had a history or anatomic evidence of hypertension, often based on increased heart weight.
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