Why the study?
Does effective blood pressure control reverse radial artery diameter and compliance abnormalities in hypertensive patients?
Population
Untreated hypertensive patients, adequately treated hypertensive patients, and healthy normotensive subjects
Comparison
Adequate therapeutic control of blood pressure vs Untreated hypertension and healthy normotensive…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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BP control may normalize radial compliance; leaves open diameter effects and need for prospective outcome data.
Does effective blood pressure control reverse radial artery diameter and compliance abnormalities in hypertensive patients?
Effective blood pressure control in hypertensive patients reverses radial artery compliance abnormalities but does not normalize internal diameter changes.
Yasser Khder (1997) studied this question.
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