Long-term blood pressure variability (BPV) has been associated with cardiovascular events
but the prognostic significance of short-term BPV remains uncertain, including its influence …

Abstract Background Hypertension (HT) prevalence, Uncontrolled Blood Pressure (UBP),
morbidity and mortality are highest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Correlating …

Background Elevated mean platelet volume may reflect presence of active large platelets,
which lead to fatal or non-fatal cardiovascular events. In recent studies, lack of nocturnal …

Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is an important predictor of morbidity and mortality in
hypertensive patients, and its geometric pattern is a useful determinant of severity and …

Background: Hypertension is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Serum uric
acid is often elevated in hypertension. Objective: To assess the relationship between serum …

Purpose Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is one of the common hematological
malignancies in Nigeria. Cardiac abnormalities are associated with CML irrespective of …

Introduction: Several studies on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and LV geometric patterns
in hypertensive subjects have been carried out in Nigeria, but the results vary widely. The …

Introducción: En los cambios de la geometría ventricular en hipertensos influyen el control
de la presión arterial durante las 24 horas del día, así como su descenso adecuado en el …

Background: The term stroke or cerebro-vascular accident refers to a syndrome of rapidly
developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, with symptoms …

Background: The extent to which treatment with amlodipine/losartan may help patients and
their doctors from Andean countries to reach their treatment goals remains unknown …