Population
30 patients with arterial hypertension and 10 heart donors
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Arteriolar remodeling may mark hypertensive microvascular disease independent of LVH; leaves open prognostic and therapeutic implications.
Patients with arterial hypertension exhibit thickening of intramyocardial arteriolar walls and increased fibrosis independent of left ventricular hypertrophy.
Schwartzkopff et al. (1992) studied this question.