Journal of hypertension
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Journal of hypertension · Apr 2005
Prevalence and correlates of left atrial enlargement in essential hypertension: role of ventricular geometry and the metabolic syndrome: the Evaluation of Target Organ Damage in Hypertension study.
The cardiac effects of hypertension include a variety of structural changes such as increases in left ventricular mass (LVM) and left atrium (LA) size. Although data on hypertension-induced left ventricular changes are extensive, relatively little information is available on LA size from large-scale studies. ⋯ Our study suggests that: LA enlargement is a common echocardiographic finding in selected essential hypertensive patients with different left ventricular geometric patterns; LA size and LA enlargement is related to LVM rather than the type of LVH; and, in addition to LVH, overweight, high fasting glucose and metabolic syndrome are associated with LA dimensions.