Losartan reduces left ventricular hypertrophy proportionally to blood pressure reduction in hypertensives, but does not affect diastolic cardiac function.

Zakynthinos, E; Pierutsakos, Ch; Konstantinidis, K; Zakynthinos, S; Papadogiannis, D

Zakynthinos, E; Pierutsakos, Ch; Konstantinidis, K; Zakynthinos, S; Papadogiannis, D.

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Zakynthinos E; Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, University of Athens Medical School, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece. ezakynth@yahoo.com

Angiology ; 55(6): 669-78, 2004.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15547653

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Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use; Diastole/drug effects; Hypertension/drug therapy; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/drug therapy; Losartan/therapeutic use; Blood Pressure/drug effects; Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Doppler; Female; Humans; Hypertension/physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Time Factors

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Losartan / Diastole / Hypertension / Antihypertensive Agents Type of study: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Angiology Year: 2004 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Greece Country of publication: United States

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