dos Santos Moreira, CarlosSerejo, FátimaAlcântara, PaulaRamalhinho, VítorBraz Nogueira, J.2020-10-232020-10-232015Rev Port Cardiol. 2015;34(5):309-3140870-2551http://hdl.handle.net/10451/44645© 2014 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.An exaggerated accumulation of type I and type III fibrillar collagens occurs throughout the free wall and interventricular septum of patients with primary hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). In the present study the serum concentration of procollagen type III amino terminal peptide (PIIIP) was measured to determine the value of this peptide as a potential marker of ventricular fibrosis in hypertensive patients, particularly those with LVH.engCollagenHypertensionHypertrophyMyocardiumPeptidesProcollagen type III amino terminal peptide and myocardial fibrosis: A study in hypertensive patients with and without left ventricular hypertrophyConcentração sérica de procolágeno tipo III e fibrose miocárdica - Estudo em doentes hipertensos com e sem hipertrofia ventricular esquerdajournal article10.1016/j.repc.2014.11.014