Low mid-wall fractional shortening identifies a subgroup of hypertensive patients with increased left ventricular mass and ambulatory blood pressure

J Hypertens Suppl. 1993 Dec;11(5):S102-3.

Authors

C Porcellati¹, P Verdecchia, G Schillaci, I Zampi, M Battistelli, C Bartoccini, C Borgioni, A Ciucci, E Boschetti

Affiliation

¹ Division of Medicine, General Hospital R. Silvestrini, Perugia, Italy.

PMID: 8158295

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Blood Pressure Monitors
Female
Humans
Hypertension / classification
Hypertension / pathology*
Hypertension / physiopathology*
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / pathology
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Systole / physiology
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*