Abstract:Recently, increasing evidences relate left ventricular mass (LVM) and plasma glucose concentrations in hypertensive patients. In this respect, it has been described a positive and significant relation between LVM and Hemoglobin A1c in essential hypertension. Moreover, hypertensive individuals with diabetes have higher LVM than nondiabetic hypertensive patients with similar blood pressure. It has been also described that an improvement of glycemic control contributes to left ventricular hypertrophy regression i… Show more
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