Subclinical left ventricular systolic impairment in hypertensive patients: insights from 2d speckle-tracking echocardiography.

Cardiovascular diseases, the leading global cause of mortality, are frequently driven by hypertension, which contributes to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and heart failure. Although ejection fraction (EF) remains the standard metric for assessin…

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