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[Sodium and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertension]. 1995

G du Cailar, and A Mimran

Service de médecine interne G, hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier.

Dietary sodium is an environmental factor capable of amplifying or limiting the consequences of hypertension on the heart. In a given population of hypertensive subjects, recent clinical trials have shown a positive relationship between sodium intake and the degree of left ventricular hypertrophy, independently of the value of blood pressure and body weight. In addition, dietary sodium could play a role in modulating the myocardial response to a decrease in blood pressure by antihypertensive therapy. The logical consequence of these observations is to try and prove the possible advantages of restricting dietary sodium in reducing the blood pressure and reversing left ventricular hypertrophy. With this in mind, the evaluation of dietary sodium excretion is certainly an element to take into account in the initial evaluation and also the follow-up of hypertensive subjects and of the effects of antihypertensive therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006973	Hypertension	Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.	Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D001794	Blood Pressure	PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS.	Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012964	Sodium	A member of the alkali group of metals. It has the atomic symbol Na, atomic number 11, and atomic weight 23.	Sodium Ion Level,Sodium-23,Ion Level, Sodium,Level, Sodium Ion,Sodium 23
D012982	Sodium, Dietary	Sodium or sodium compounds used in foods or as a food. The most frequently used compounds are sodium chloride or sodium glutamate.	Dietary Sodium
D017379	Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular	Enlargement of the LEFT VENTRICLE of the heart. This increase in ventricular mass is attributed to sustained abnormal pressure or volume loads and is a contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.	Left Ventricular Hypertrophy,Ventricular Hypertrophy, Left,Hypertrophies, Left Ventricular,Left Ventricular Hypertrophies,Ventricular Hypertrophies, Left