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Echocardiographic Assessment of Hypertensive Patients

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Echocardiography is the reference method for evaluating the structural and functional adaptations in the remodelling of the heart due to systemic hypertension. It provides valuable information regarding left ventricular geometry, systolic, and diastolic function, as well as left atrial and ascending aorta dimensions and function.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Hippokrateion Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Ioannis Felekos M.D.

  2. First Cardiology Clinic, Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Costas Tsioufis M.D., Ph.D., FESC, FACC

  3. Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    Costas Tsioufis M.D., Ph.D., FESC, FACC

  4. Department of Cardiology, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Petros Nihoyannopoulos M.D., FRCP, FESC, FACC, FAHA

  5. National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Petros Nihoyannopoulos M.D., FRCP, FESC, FACC, FAHA

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Felekos, I., Tsioufis, C., Nihoyannopoulos, P. (2016). Echocardiographic Assessment of Hypertensive Patients. In: Andreadis, E. (eds) Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39599-9_10

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