INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES OF HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE
Abstract:
Arterial hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal disease, being a considerable public health problem of our society. Even though when we’re considering hypertensive heart disease we are used to think in left ventricle modifications (ventricular hypertrophy) there’s growing evidence of both atrial and large vessels pathophysiological changes, too. The early recognition of cardiovascular fibrotic modifications requires a rigorous control of associated risk factors as well as the intensification of medical treatment given the exposure of this patients to an increased number of ischemic events, heart failure, stoke or arrhythmias.
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