Population
154 untreated hypertensive patients without heart failure or atrial fibrillation, mean age 58.0 years, 54.5%…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Elevated BNP may aid risk stratification in untreated hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
In untreated hypertensive patients, elevated BNP levels correlate with echocardiographic and electrocardiographic markers of cardiac hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction, suggesting its utility for initial risk stratification.
Seki et al. (2008) studied this question.
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