2008
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.145
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Metabolic syndrome and biventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension

Abstract: Long-standing hypertension is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) that may be either concentric or eccentric. It has been shown that hypertension is also associated with hypertrophy and fibrosis of the right ventricle. 1 The hypertrophy of the right ventricle is not because of pressure overload, and therefore non-haemodynamic factors, such as angiotensin II, aldosterone, insulin, the sympathetic nervous system and endothelin may be involved in this process.The contribution of non-haemodynamic fa… Show more

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