Hypertension is a major cardiovascular (CV) risk factor and elevated blood pressure poses a
significant burden for the whole CV hemodynamics. Along the last decades different …

It has been well established that arterial hypertension is considered as a predominant risk
factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases. Despite the link between arterial …

Doppler echocardiography is a fundamental instrument to understand heart damage during
essential arterial hypertension. Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy may also be conveniently …

Hypertension is a major and correctable cardiovascular risk factor. The correct diagnosis of
hypertension and precise assessment of cardiovascular risk are essential to give proper …

Arterial hypertension, a widespread disease, whose prevalence increases with age,
represents a major risk factor for cardiovascular events, causing damage in several organs …

Little information is available about the burden of hypertension on echo-lab activity in current
practice. The aim of the present nation-wide survey in outpatient echo-labs was to …

Arterial hypertension imposes a high burden on society in terms of both the costs of medical
care and impaired productivity, because of its frequent complications and consequent …

Hypertension is a condition characterized by pressure and/or volume overloads and
echocardiography is helpful and feasible to understand hemodynamic mechanisms …

Hypertension is a heterogeneous disorder with a number of welldefined as well as putative
etiologies. The World Health Organization estimates that hypertension may cause 7.1 million …

Abstract Introduction Joint Guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension and
European Society of Cardiology recommend the use of echo in arterial hypertension only …