Abstract:Blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapy improves left ventricular (LV) parameters of
hypertensive target-organ damage in stage II hypertension, but whether there is
a drug-class difference in echocardiographic parameters in stage I hypertension
patients is less often studied. In the PREVER treatment study, where individuals
with stage I hypertension were randomized for treatment with diuretics
(chlorthalidone/amiloride) or losartan, 110 participants accepted to participate
in a sub-study, where two-dimensional ec… Show more
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