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Clinical Case 1: Patient with Essential Hypertension and Systolic Dysfunction

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A 74-year-old, Caucasian male, retired (former employee), presented to the outpatient clinic for clinical assessment of uncontrolled essential hypertension.

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  1. Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Agostino Virdis

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Virdis, A. (2016). Clinical Case 1: Patient with Essential Hypertension and Systolic Dysfunction. In: Hypertension and Comorbidities. Practical Case Studies in Hypertension Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39164-9_1

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