Intensive SBP lowering protects against LVH development in older hypertensive patients, however, this favorable effect could not explain most of the reduction in cardiovascular events associated with intensive SBP lowering.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- hypertensive patients
- cardiovascular events
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease
- heart rate
- cardiovascular disease
- heart failure
- clinical trial
- physical activity
- study protocol
- aortic stenosis
- phase iii
- metabolic syndrome
- acute coronary syndrome
- adipose tissue
- atrial fibrillation
- phase ii
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- type diabetes
- weight loss