Is epicardial fat thickness associated with non-dipper blood pressure pattern in patients with essential hypertension?
Epicardial fat thickness was above average in newly diagnosed, untreated hypertensive patients with non-dipper BP pattern. The echocardiographic measurement of EFT may be used to indicate increased risk of hypertension-related adverse cardiovascular events.
Census data from the residency graduate's high school predicted rural practice and practice in a proportionally high minority community, but not in a federally designated medically underserved area.