OS 30-04 FUTURE HYPERTENSION CAN BE PREDICTED USING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

Objective: The heart is one of the target organs of hypertension. Cardiac muscle responds to an increase in afterload by developing hypertrophy. In the process of developing hypertension, the heart is exposed to a transiently, but frequent, increase in afterload. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that left ventricular hypertrophy assessed by electrocardiography (ECG) predicts future development of hypertension. Design and...