Cardiomyopathy in chronic uremia results from pressure and volume overload. The former
causes concentric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, results from hypertension and aortic …

Amlodipine, a vasoselective dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, has a pharmacokinetic
profile that sets it apart from other calcium antagonists. Differential features include a slow …

Left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
The known determinants of left ventricular hypertrophy only partially explain its variability …

Treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) has solved the problem of
anemia in patients on dialysis. However, its application to predialysis patients has raised …

Objectives. We sought to compare the predictive value of echocardiographically determined
left ventricular hypertrophy on death from all causes and cardiac mortality using various …

Objectives: To investigate the consequences of longstanding obesity on left ventricular mass
and structure and to examine the effects of weight loss on these variables. Design: Cross …

Background Previous studies have identified associations of left ventricular (LV) mass with
demographic (body habitus and sex) and hemodynamic variables (blood pressure, stroke …

We determined functional and morphological changes of the heart by 2-dimensional and
pulse Doppler echocardiography in 20 patients with primary aldosteronism and compared …

Left ventricular (LV) mass, as estimated from M-mode echocardiography (echo), has
previously been shown to be an independent predictor of incident cardiovascular disease …

OBJECTIVE: Cardiac growth may be modulated in part by the trophic effects of
neurohormones. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relation between the …