Relations between cardiac and vascular structure in patients with primary and secondary hypertension
Damiano Rizzoni, MDa,
Maria Lorenza Muiesan, MDa,
Enzo Porteri, MDa,
Massimo Salvetti, MDa,
Maurizio Castellano, MDa,
Giorgio Bettoni, MDa,
Guido Tiberio, MD*,
Stefano Maria Giulini, MD*,
Cristina Monteduro, MDa,
Guido Garavelli, MD and
Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, MDa
a Chair of Semeiotica and Metodologia Medica, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
* Chair of Chirurgia Generale, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Divisione di Medicina, Ospedale di Cremona, Brescia, Italy

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Figure 1 Linear regression between M/L ratio and CCIMT in patients with PA (solid triangles pointing down) and RVH (solid squares, solid line) (top of figure) as well as in patients with pheochromocytoma (solid triangles pointing up), EH (solid circles) and in NT control subjects (open circles) (bottom of figure). See text for the number of subjects in each group.
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Figure 2 Linear regression between M/L ratio and LVMI in patients with PA (solid triangles pointing down, dotted line) and RVH (solid squares, solid line) (top of figure) as well as in patients with pheochromocytoma (solid triangles pointing up), EH (solid circles) and in NT control subjects (open circles) (bottom of figure). See text for the number of subjects in each group.
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