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Different prevalence of some indices of cardiac and vascular impairment in normal weight and obese patients with essential arterial hypertension

L. SalernoCorrao SalvatoreB. CurialeF. SalvatoL. Sallì

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AdultMaleSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaBody WeightCardiomegalyCoronary DiseaseMiddle AgedSettore MED/45 - Scienze Infermieristiche Generali Cliniche E PediatricheSettore MED/11 - Malattie Dell'Apparato CardiovascolareHypertensionAdult Body Weight* Cardiomegaly/etiology* Coronary Disease/etiology* Female Humans Hypertension/complications* Male Middle Aged Obesity/complications* Retrospective StudiesHumansFemaleObesityRetrospective Studies

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Certain physiopathological features that differentiate essential arterial hypertension in normal weight and obese patients are recalled. The results of a retrospective study carried out in 293 hypertensive patients admitted to the Clinic in recent years are reported with a view to evaluating the prevalence of certain parameters (ischaemic cardiopathy, left ventricular hypertrophy, renal, vasculo-cerebral and retinal impairment) in patients subdivided into two groups: normal weight and obese. The study showed in the first group a higher prevalence of signs of ischaemic cardiopathy; in the second a higher prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy. This difference is accentuated in the subgroup of smokers as regards ischaemic cardiopathy and in non-smokers as regards left ventricular hypertrophy. The possible explanations for this different behaviour are discussed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1989-04-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/121321