Ultrasonography to detect cardiovascular damage in children with essential hypertension

Abstract Background Essential hypertension in adults may begin in childhood. The damages to the heart and blood vessels in children with essential hypertension are hidden and difficult to detect. We noninvasively examined changes in cardiovascular structure and function in children with hypertension...

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Main Authors: Wei Liu, Cui Hou, Miao Hou, Qiu-Qin Xu, Hui Wang, Pei-Pei Gu, Ling Sun, Hai-Tao Lv, Yue-Yue Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12947-021-00257-y