NR3C1 and Hypertension: Cardiovascular complications, including myocardial ischemia, left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiomegaly account in part for the higher mortality rate among patients with Cushing's syndrome.8 Some studies having examined the relationship between cardiac dysfunction and hypercortisolism, found that cardiac remodeling is independent of hypertension, and is probably due to a direct action of cortisol on myocardial tissue via glucocorticoid receptors.2–4