Comparison of hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy versus hypertensive patients without left ventricular hypertrophy using echocardiography and tissue doppler imaging

Background and aim Systemic hypertension (SH) causes a gradual increase in the mass of the left ventricle, resulting in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Derangement of LV function is caused by morphologic changes in the left ventricular (LV) walls, which result in hypertrophy. According to a rece...

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Main Authors: Waleed Yousof, Mahmoud Abdelghafar, Ahmed El-Tayeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.azmj.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1687-1693;year=2021;volume=19;issue=3;spage=408;epage=419;aulast=Yousof