Effect of hypertension on cardiac mass and radial artery wall thickness

J J Mourad; O Hanon; X Girerd; P Boutouyrie; M E Safar

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01018-3

Effect of hypertension on cardiac mass and radial artery wall thickness

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Sep 1;86(5):564-7, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01018-3.

Authors

J J Mourad¹, O Hanon, X Girerd, P Boutouyrie, M E Safar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France.

PMID: 11009282
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01018-3

Abstract

In subjects with essential hypertension, increased cardiac and radial artery mass are positively associated. The mechanical factor that contributes in the larger extent to their enhancement is pulse pressure, not mean arterial pressure.

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure
Female
Humans
Hypertension / complications*
Hypertension / pathology
Hypertrophy / etiology
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Pulse
Radial Artery / pathology*
Regression Analysis