DISPARITY BETWEEN DIASTOLIC MITRAL FLOW CHARACTERISTICS AND LEFT-VENTRICULAR MASS IN ESSENTIAL-HYPERTENSION

Authors
ZABALGOITIA M RAHMAN NU HALEY WE ONESCHUK L YAROWS S YUNIS C LUCAS C LINN W KRAUSE L AMERENA J
Citation
M. Zabalgoitia et al., DISPARITY BETWEEN DIASTOLIC MITRAL FLOW CHARACTERISTICS AND LEFT-VENTRICULAR MASS IN ESSENTIAL-HYPERTENSION, The American journal of cardiology, 79(9), 1997, pp. 1255
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:9<1255:DBDMFC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Because left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and aging have been associat ed with abnormal LV relaxation, this study evaluated the impact of LV mass on the filling patterns derived by Doppler in a large population aged greater than or equal to 50 years. Results suggest that in essent ial hypertension the intrinsic myocardial composition is more importan t than cardiac hypertrophy in determining LV diastolic properties. Thi s apparent discrepancy between LV mass and diastolic filling patterns highlights the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis of diastolic d ysfunction in elderly hypertensives.