INFLUENCE OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION ON RIGHT VENTRICULAR MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION.

Right ventricular (RV) morphologic and functional changes still remain a mystery in patients with AH. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of essential hypertension on RV function and morphology. 75 nonsmoker hypertensive male patients (mean age 57.

Influence of circadian blood pressure profile on endothelial function in patients with and without arterial hypertension.

Little is known about the relationship between the circadian BP rhythm and endothelial function in patients with essential hypertension. Consequently, we have hypothesized, that hypertensive patients with non-dipper circadian BP profile have more deteriorated endothelial function, than those with dipper BP profile. 57 untreated hypertensive patients and 17 normotensive controls were undergone to the anthropometrical measurements, physical examinations, review of their medical histories, 24-hour ABPM and vascular doppler-echography with high resolution ultrasound.