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HYPERTENSION AND THE HEART KARTONIERT (TB)

Left ventricular hypertrophy represents one of the most common complications of the
hypertensive state. Indeed  since the Framigham Heart Study  several epidemiological studies
have provided clearcut evidence that cardiac hypertrophy represents an important and
independent risk factor for the hypertensive patient. Since the introduction of quantitative
ultrasound techniques to evaluate cardiac function and state  the research in the field of left
ventricular hypertrophy has been par ticularly active and fruitful  allowing us to gain new
information on the pathophysiology of this condition and on its diagnostic and therapeutic
approach. The international symposium Hypertension and the Heart  one of the most impor tant
meetings held on this issue in recent years  promoted by Fondazione Internazionale Menarini 
dealt with cardiac hypertrophy in its structural  molecular  pathophysiological  and clinical
aspects  and with related complications  such as myocardial ischemia  arrhyth mias  and
congestive heart failure. Prof. A. Zanchetti v CONTENTS Session I: Left Ventricular
Hypertrophy: Structural Aspects and Mechanisms 1. Relations of Left Ventricular Geometry and
Function to Prognosis in Hypertension .............................................. . Richard
B. Devereux  Giovanni de Simone  and Mary J. Roman 2. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy  Arterial
Compliance  and Aging .............. 13 Mary 1. Roman  Antonello Ganau  Pier Sergio Saba  and
Richard B. Devereux 3. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Arterial Blood Pressure in Experimental
Models of Hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . .

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