[PP.24.12] OBESE HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS HAVE MORE OFTEN SIGNS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS COMPARED WITH NON- OBESE HYPERTENSIVE OF THE SAME AGE

Objective:BACKGROUND: obese hypertensive patients (PHTAO), generally have a higher cardiovascular risk than non-obese hypertensives (PHTA), with morbidity also increased, however, have few data on diastolic dysfunction and arterial stiffness (ACE) in these patients, so we consider justified a study