[Target organs involvement in arterial hypertension. The role of heredity and environment (study of twins)].

Aim: To elucidate relationship between hereditary and environmental factors in development of target organ damage in hypertension.

Material And Methods: The state of myocardium, central nervous system, blood vessels (including funduscopic examination) was assessed in 64 pairs of mono- and dizygous hypertensive twins (mean age 57.2+/-3.

[The role of heredity and environment in formation of 24-hour blood pressure profile in patients with hypertension (a study of twins)].

Twenty four hour blood pressure monitoring was carried out in 64 sex concordant pairs of monozygotic and dizygotic hypertensive twins (mean age 52.7-/+3.2 years).