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Independent Relations of Left Ventricular Structure with the 24-Hour Urinary Excretion of Sodium and Aldosterone
Hypertension, 07/09/09

Jin Y et al. - LVMI independently increased with both urinary sodium and aldosterone excretion. Increased MWT explained the association of LVMI with urinary sodium and increased LVID the association of LVMI with urinary aldosterone.

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Yu Jin, 07/10/09

If the associations in our population study are reversible and can be extrapolated, our findings underscore the importance of a low dietary salt intake and the use aldosterone antagonists in the prevention of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients.

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