Population
86 uncomplicated essential hypertensive patients, including 31 who had never been treated, 31 in whom…
Design
Cross-sectional
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May reflect integrated hypertensive remodeling; leaves open whether carotid metrics aid LV risk prediction in prospective studies.
In hypertensive patients, geometric and functional changes in the common carotid artery, such as reduced distensibility, parallel cardiac concentric hypertrophy and remodeling.
Boutouyrie et al. (1995) studied this question.
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