Is It Essential to Change the Term "Essential Hypertension"? * Response: Is It Essential to Change the Term "Essential Hypertension"
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One-day triage course for nurses, it is essential
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The effects of circadian blood pressure (BP) changes on the echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy were investigated in 235 consecutive subjects (137 unselected untreated patients with essential hypertension and 98 healthy normotensive subjects) who underwent 24-hour noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and crosssectional and M-mode echocardiography...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000146186.79950.72