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I hve mild lvh wall thickness is 1.3 , i am atenolol 25mg once a day, how long would regression take ?

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Dr. Axel Martinez-Irizarry answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

6 months. : After 6 months of treatment with lisinopril, researchers found both microscopic and laboratory evidence of regression of excess collagen, the structural material that accumulates in the heart as a result of hypertension or a myocardial infarction and eventually limits the heart's ability to pump properly. Not all blood pressure meds cause this cardioreparation, check with PCP.

Answered 11/9/2014

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