Population
88 unmedicated patients with stage II-III hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy on electrocardiogram
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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SBP may predominate over insulin resistance in carotid remodeling among hypertensive LVH patients; observational data leave causality and practice implications open.
In patients with longstanding hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy, systolic blood pressure is a stronger determinant of structural vascular changes than insulin resistance.
Olsen et al. (2000) studied this question.
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