Prevalence and distribution of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in treated patients with long-lasting hypertension

Background: Although the presence of sub-clinical left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) increases cardiovascular risk, the current ESH/ESC guidelines do not include the presence of this condition in the list of target organ damage or cardiovascular risk charts dedicated to the hypertensive p...

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Published in:	Blood Pressure
Main Authors:	Ewa Świerblewska, Jacek Wolf, Katarzyna Kunicka, Beata Graff, Katarzyna Polonis, Michał Hoffmann, Marzena Chrostowska, Anna Szyndler, Piotr Bandosz, Krzysztof Narkiewicz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2018-11-01
Subjects:	diastolic dysfunction echocardiography hypertension blood pressure guidelines
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2018.1484661