Population
665 patients with primary hypertension from seven participating centers in the United States
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Indicates substantial cardiac involvement at hypertension diagnosis; hypothesis-generating for sex-specific screening and outcomes.
A high prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction is observed at baseline in patients with primary hypertension, with LVH being significantly more common in women.
Miguel Zabalgoitia (1996) studied this question.
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