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14666954

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Hypertensive subjects can be subdivided into 2 groups, dippers and nondippers, according to the presence or the lack of a nocturnal fall of blood pressure of more than 10%. Several studies have investigated cardiac organ damage in the 2 groups with discordant results, but they included subjects with different onset, severity, and treatment of hypertension. The authors selected 23 dippers and 17 nondippers affected by newly (< 1 year) diagnosed grades 1 and 2 hypertension, never treated, who underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and M-mode echocardiography. They did not find significant differences between the 2 groups as regards the echocardiographic left ventricular and atrial dimensions or regarding the left ventricular mass, left ventricular mass index, or relative wall thickness. Also no significant differences were found in the rate of either left ventricular remodeling or left ventricular hypertrophy. These data suggest that nondipping status is not associated with a higher level of cardiac involvement in the early phases of hypertension compared to dipping status.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-3197
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
661-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Left ventricular mass in dippers and nondippers with newly diagnosed hypertension.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Geriatrics, Ist Institute of Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. paolocicconetti@tin.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study