Doppler-echocardiography, specifically the E/e' ratio, is crucial for diagnosing diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients, whose management should focus on blood pressure reduction and LV mass regression.
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Supports E/e' use for LV filling pressure in hypertensive diastolic dysfunction; leaves open need for RCTs on BP and LV mass targets.
Maurizio Galderisi (2010) studied this question.
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