Gender, subclinical organ damage and cardiovascular risk stratification in hypertensive patients.

CONCLUSIONS: The addition of recognized subclinical target organ damage tests to the estimation of cardiovascular risk can significantly strengthen the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular risk estimation follow-up concerning: ABI, PWV and IMT increased the probability of correctly classifying especially women to, at least, a high-risk category according to the SCORE scale, which can provide valuable therapeutic implication. PMID: 30260237 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research