The Heart in Hypertension

To the Editor: Dr. Frohlich and colleagues are to be commended for their excellent review of hypertension and the heart (Oct. 1 issue) 1 . We would like to elaborate on the references they cited regarding radionuclide scintigraphy in hypertensive patients 2 , 3 and address the issue of the usefulness of thallium imaging in these patients. One report studied hypertensive patients with severe renal failure who were awaiting renal transplantation 2 . In that study, 35 percent of the patients had fixed defects of the lateral wall mimicking myocardial infarction. The authors generalized the findings to all hypertensive patients. The duration and severity . . .