LEFT-VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS WITH MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY AS SHOWN BY MULTIPLE-PHASE VENTRICULOGRAPHY

The study included 39 hypertensive subjects with clinical echocardiogr aphic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy. All the patients were subjected to coronary angiography and transvenous multiple-phase left ventriculography. Early subclinical signs of left ventricular dysfunct ion in hypertensive patients have been defined. They concern energetic efficacy of the cardiocycle, left ventricular diastolic function, myo cardial asynchronism. It is noted that the above dysfunction was recor ded in cases where standard two-image analysis provides normal values.