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

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

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 …

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 …

Hypertension remains a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The
measurement of blood pressure continues to have pitfalls related to both physiological …

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

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 …

The identification of the alterations in the cardiac and vascular structure that might precisely
predict the long-term prognosis and thus lead to timely preventive measures, is of great …

Hypertension‐mediated organ damage (HMOD) is frequently observed in hypertensive
patients at different cardiovascular (CV) risk profile. This may have both diagnostic and …

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 …