Abstract

Hypertension can lead to ischaemic heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, heart failure, arrhythmia especially atrial fibrillation. Hypertension is major health problem affecting the public globally. Diagnosis is delayed because it is asymptomatic most of the time. Antihypertensive medications also protective against progression of diastolic dysfunction. Lowering blood pressure improves diastolic dysfunction irrespective of type of antihypertensive agent used. Antihypertensive like ACEIs, ARBs, diuretics, CCBs, beta blockers are used for long term therapy in combination or alone. This study is being undertaken to determine clinical features in hypertensive patients with and without medication and to correlate electrocardiographic and echocardiographic features in hypertensive patients with and without medication

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