Commentary: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Pediatric Hypertension: A Mini Review

[摘要] Woroniecki and colleagues’ article on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in pediatric hypertension (HTN) reviewed current definitions, clinically relevant methods of LVM measurements, and normalization methods as well as its epidemiology, management, and reversibility in children with HTN (1).

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] arterial hypertension;left ventricular hypertrophy;early diastolic alterations;prehypertension;tissue Doppler imaging