7A.09: METABOLIC SYNDROME IS ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DILATATION IN PRIMARY HYPERTENSION

Metabolic syndrome (MS) has been shown to predict cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension. Recently, a new four-group left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy classification based on both LV dilatation and concentricity was proposed. This classification has been shown to provide a more accurate prediction of cardiovascular events, suggesting that the presence of LV dilatation may add prognostic information. We investigated the relationship between MS and the new classification of LV geometry in patients with primary hypertension