Why the study?
Does antihypertensive therapy reduce left ventricular wall thickness in patients with essential hypertension?
Does antihypertensive therapy reduce left ventricular wall thickness in patients with essential hypertension?
Antihypertensive therapy targeted to lower blood pressure to ≤150/90 mmHg for 12 weeks significantly reduces left ventricular wall thickness in patients with essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.
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May support LVH regression with BP lowering in essential hypertension; leaves open outcome benefits in RCTs.
Hill et al. (1979) studied this question.
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