Left atrial dilatation: A target organ damage in young to middle-age hypertensive patients. The Campania Salute Network
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Maria Gabriella Grimaldi; Costantino Mancusi; Silvia Damiano; Nicola De Luca; Maria Angela Losi; Raffaele Izzo; Grazia Canciello; Bruno Trimarco; Giovanni de Simone
- Source
- International journal of cardiology. 265
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Diastolic function
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Left ventricular hypertrophy
CV outcome
Muscle hypertrophy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Ventricular hypertrophy
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Heart Atria
Registries
Young adult
business.industry
Age Factors
Atrial fibrillation
Organ Size
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Carotid plaque
Middle age
Intima media thickne
Blood pressure
Intima-media thickness
Hypertension
Cardiology
Atrial Function, Left
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Follow-Up Studies
- Language
- ISSN
- 1874-1754
Background: Left atrial (LA) volume is a predictor of outcome in hypertension. It is unclear whether or not this effect depends on coexisting target organ damage (TOD). Purpose: To investigate whether LA volume predicts outcome independently of TOD [left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) and/or carotid plaque] in a registry of hypertensive treated patients. Methods: From the Campania Salute Network registry, we selected 5844 young adult hypertensive patients