Regression of ECG-LVH is associated with lower risk of new-onset heart failure and mortality in patients with isolated systolic hypertension; The LIFE study

Anne Cecilie K Larstorp, Peter M Okin, Richard B Devereux, Michael H Olsen, Hans Ibsen, Björn Dahlöf, Sverre E Kjeldsen, Kristian Wachtell

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Abstract

Hypertension and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (ECG-LVH) are strong predictors of heart failure (HF). It is unclear whether regression of ECG-LVH during treatment predicts less new-onset HF in patients with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH).
Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Journal of Hypertension
Volume25
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)1101-9
Number of pages9
ISSN0895-7061
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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