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Pulse pressure determines left atrial enlargement in non-dipper patients with never-treated essential hypertension

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Triantafyllidi, H., Ikonomidis, I., Lekakis, J. et al. Pulse pressure determines left atrial enlargement in non-dipper patients with never-treated essential hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 21, 897–899 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1002236

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