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Echocardiography in Hypertension

Practical Recommendations from the Italian Society of Hypertension (SIIA)

High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention volume 20, pages 261–264 (2013)Cite this article

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In this document some indications on practical management of patients with arterial hypertension are discussed and recommendations for how, when and to whom perform an echocardiogram are given.

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  1. Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Prevenzione, Centro Ricerche Cliniche, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Università di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Cesare Cuspidi

  2. Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Scienze Cardiovascolari ed Immunologiche, Università degli Studi “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

    Nicola De Luca

  3. Clinica Medica, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Università degli Studi di Brescia, 2° Medicina Generale Spedali Civili, 25121, Brescia, Italy

    Maria Lorenza Muiesan

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Cuspidi, C., De Luca, N. & Muiesan, M.L. Echocardiography in Hypertension. High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 20, 261–264 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40292-013-0024-1

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Keywords

  • Echocardiography
  • Arterial hypertension
  • Left ventricular hypertrophy