Are Any Changes in Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Among Adult Bantu Central African Hypertensive Patients from Monkole and Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospitals?
Stéphane Yanda TongoBenjamin Mbenza LongoAntoine Molua AunduRaoul GombetJean Robert Makulo RisasiChristian Kisoka LusunsiHéritier Mawalala MalengeleAugustin Nge OkwePublished in: Vascular health and risk management (2022)
There is an urgent need to control inflammation, impaired renal function, cardiac rhythm, peripheral obesity, longer duration of hypertension management, and stress, which are emerging as specific novel determinants of the subclinical atherosclerosis for those Bantu Central African hypertensive patients.
Keyphrases
- hypertensive patients
- blood pressure
- heart rate
- oxidative stress
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- healthcare
- left ventricular
- atrial fibrillation
- optical coherence tomography
- weight gain
- cardiovascular risk factors
- high fat diet induced
- physical activity
- adipose tissue
- body mass index
- chemotherapy induced
- young adults