Do boys with a simple delayed puberty reach their target height?
Boys with untreated delayed puberty reach a final height appropriate for their target height. Final height was best predicted by the method of Bailey and Pinneau using the tables for average boys at their bone age plus six months.
Gestational and essential hypertension induce similar early altered diastolic filling of the left ventricle. Essential hypertension is characterized by a compensatory late filling mechanism due to an enhancement of left atrial function. Gestational hypertension is characterized by altered left ventricular geometry, which is far less common during essential hypertension.