Precursors of Hypertensive Heart Phenotype Develop in Healthy Adults

Authors :: Giuliana Durighel
Antonio de Marvao
Stuart A. Cook
Daniel Rueckert
Declan P. O'Regan
Timothy J W Dawes
Wenzhe Shi
Source :: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 8(11):1260-1269
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2015.
Abstract: Objectives This study used high-resolution 3-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance to define the anatomical and functional left ventricular (LV) properties associated with increasing systolic blood pressure (SBP) in a drug-naive cohort.