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Güçlü A, Nar G, İçli A, Özhan N, Sezer S. Relationship between Fragmented QRS Complex and Aortic Stiffness in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients. Med Princ Pract 2017; 26:66-70. [PMID: 27732976 PMCID: PMC5588335 DOI: 10.1159/000452418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between fragmented QRS complex (fQRS), aortic stiffness, and diastolic dysfunction in hemodialysis patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A sample of 56 patients who received hemodialysis treatment was stratified into 2 groups according to their electrocardiography (ECG) patterns with or without fQRS. Baseline characteristics and laboratory parameters of patients were documented. Conventional echocardiographic and Doppler echocardiographic procedures were performed in all patients. The mean early (Em) diastolic and late (Am) diastolic myocardial velocities were calculated. These tests were performed before dialysis. The Student t test, Mann-Whitney U test, χ2 test, Spearman correlation, and multivariate linear regression analysis were used to analyze parameters where appropriate. RESULTS Of the 56 patients under hemodialysis, fQRS in ECG was detected in 26 (46.4%). Echocardiographic evaluation showed that deceleration time (237.57 ± 40.10 ms; p = 0.030), isovolumic relaxation time (126.84 ± 15.62 ms; p < 0.001), early (E)/late (A) ventricular filling velocity (E/A) ratio (1.15 ± 0.40; p ≤ 0.001), and aortic stiffness index value (9.62 ± 4.53; p = 0.016) exhibited a statistical increase in hemodialysis patients with fQRS compared to patients without fQRS. E (58.23 ± 19.96 m/s; p = 0.004), and Em (5.96 ± 2.08 cm/s; p = 0.023) velocity levels were significantly lower in hemodialysis patients with fQRS than patients without fQRS. Aortic stiffness closely correlated with diastolic dysfunction (deceleration time r = 0.273, p = 0.042; isovolumic relaxation time r = 0.497, p < 0.001; E/A ratio r = -0.449, p = 0.001). On multivariate linear regression analysis, fQRS and aortic stiffness were independently associated in hemodialysis patients (β = 0.321, p = 0.049). CONCLUSIONS Increased aortic stiffness and left ventricular systolic dysfunction were observed more frequently in hemodialysis patients with fQRS than in patients without fQRS. fQRS is an important determinant of aortic stiffness in hemodialysis patients.
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- Aydın Güçlü
- Department of Nephrology, Ahi Evran University Medical School, Kırşehir, Turkey
- *Aydin Güçlü, MD, Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Ahi Evran University, TR–40100 Kirşehir (Turkey), E-Mail
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- Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evran University Medical School, Kırşehir, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evran University Medical School, Kırşehir, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Pamukkale University Medical School, Denizli, Turkey
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- Department of Department of Nephrology, Baskent University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
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Liu D, Hu K, Nordbeck P, Ertl G, Störk S, Weidemann F. Longitudinal strain bull's eye plot patterns in patients with cardiomyopathy and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy. Eur J Med Res 2016; 21:21. [PMID: 27165726 PMCID: PMC4862218 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-016-0216-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Despite substantial advances in the imaging techniques and pathophysiological understanding over the last decades, identification of the underlying causes of left ventricular hypertrophy by means of echocardiographic examination remains a challenge in current clinical practice. The longitudinal strain bull’s eye plot derived from 2D speckle tracking imaging offers an intuitive visual overview of the global and regional left ventricular myocardial function in a single diagram. The bull’s eye mapping is clinically feasible and the plot patterns could provide clues to the etiology of cardiomyopathies. The present review summarizes the longitudinal strain, bull’s eye plot features in patients with various cardiomyopathies and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy and the bull’s eye plot features might serve as one of the cardiac workup steps on evaluating patients with left ventricular hypertrophy.
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- Dan Liu
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg, Germany. .,Innere Klinik II, Medical Clinic II, Katharinen-Hospital, Obere Husemannstraße 2, 59423, Unna, Germany.
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Sayed MH, Eltayeb A, Farghaly HR. The impact of hypertension on diastolic left ventricular function, evaluated by quantitative ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Myung Y, Seo HS, Jung IH, Lee NH, Suh J, Choi JH, Cho YH. The correlation of carotid artery stiffness with heart function in hypertensive patients. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2012. [PMID: 23185656 PMCID: PMC3498310 DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2012.20.3.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The strength of each heart beat and the stiffness of large arteries contribute to blood pressure (BP). When the large arteries are stiff and their resistance greater, the afterload increases and this may change the function of the heart. However, the relation between common carotid artery stiffness and heart function in hypertensive patients has not been clarified. METHODS Two hundred and twenty hypertensive patients underwent transthoracic and carotid echocardiography. Measurements of local arterial stiffness were taken at the right common carotid artery level and stiffness parameter (β), pressure-strain elasticity modulus and intima-media thickness were calculated. Brachial cuff BP was measured just before starting the carotid study. The patients with any cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or carotid stenosis were excluded. RESULTS Carotid artery stiffness parameter (β) was correlated with age and left ventricular mass index (p < 0.005). Even though β was not correlated with LV systolic function, it was inversely correlated with diastolic function as measured by early mitral annular velocity. When the artery was stiffer, early mitral annular velocity (e') decreased (p < 0.001) and the index of left atrial (LA) pressure (early diastolic mitral inflow E velocity/e') increased (p = 0.001). In logistic regression, diastolic dysfunction was affected by age (beta -0.385, p = 0.001), LA volume index (beta 0.175, p = 0.013) and β (beta -0.273, p = 0.019). CONCLUSION In hypertensive patients, changes in carotid artery stiffness can affect the diastolic function, independent of age and LA volume index. Therefore, measurements and control of carotid stiffness can play an important role in the prevention of diastolic heart failure.
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- Yusik Myung
- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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Ruvolo A, Mercurio V, Fazio V, Carlomagno G, Russo T, Affuso F, Fazio S. Efficacy and safety of valsartan plus hydroclorothiazide for high blood pressure. World J Cardiol 2010; 2:125-30. [PMID: 21160714 PMCID: PMC2998884 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v2.i5.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Revised: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To evaluate efficacy and tolerability of the combination valsartan plus hydrochlorothiazide (160 mg and 25 mg daily, respectively) in young-middle aged males with high-normal blood pressure (BP) or first-degree arterial hypertension with evidence of target organ damage. METHODS Twenty males with high-normal BP or first-degree hypertension associated with left ventricular concentric remodeling and/or increased aortic stiffness were enrolled. BP at rest and during exercise, and echocardiographic parameters of the left ventricle (LV), were evaluated at baseline and after 3 mo of treatment. The effects of treatment on aortic stiffness, metabolic parameters, renal and erectile function were also assessed. RESULTS BP was significantly reduced by treatment both at rest (P < 0.001) and during exercise (P < 0.001), and 85% of patients achieved BP normalization (< 130/85 mmHg). Doppler echocardiography showed a significant reduction of LV mass (P < 0.005). LV hypertrophy was identified in 70% of subjects at baseline and in 5% after 3 mo of treatment. The ratio of early (E) to late (A) trans-mitral diastolic flow velocity increased, (P < 0.05), the relative wall thickness decreased (P < 0.05) and the left ventricular relaxation time shortened (P < 0.005). The left atrial diameter (P < 0.05) and the aortic diameter (P < 0.05) and stiffness (P < 0.005) also decreased. CONCLUSION The full-dose combination of valsartan plus hydrochlorothiazide produced optimal BP control with regression of target organ damage, already after 3 mo, without relevant side effects.
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- Antonio Ruvolo
- Antonio Ruvolo, Valentina Mercurio, Valeria Fazio, Guido Carlomagno, Teresa Russo, Flora Affuso, Serafino Fazio, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Immunologic Sciences, University of Naples Federico II School of Medicine, Via S. Pansini, 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Burkhard T, Herzog C, Linzbach S, Spyridopoulos I, Huebner F, Vogl TJ. Cardiac 31P-MRS compared to echocardiographic findings in patients with hypertensive heart disease without overt systolic dysfunction—Preliminary results. Eur J Radiol 2009; 71:69-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2007] [Revised: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Anguita M, Toledano F, León C, Castillo JC. Hipertensión arterial, cardiopatía hipertensiva e insuficiencia cardíaca. Papel de los diuréticos de asa. Med Clin (Barc) 2008; 131:660-4. [DOI: 10.1157/13128726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Repercusiones orgánicas de la hipertensión arterial: vasos, cerebro, corazón y riñón. HIPERTENSION Y RIESGO VASCULAR 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1889-1837(07)71714-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mottram PM, Haluska BA, Leano R, Carlier S, Case C, Marwick TH. Relation of arterial stiffness to diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive heart disease. Heart 2006; 91:1551-6. [PMID: 16287739 PMCID: PMC1769207 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.046805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To examine the relation of arterial compliance to diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients with suspected diastolic heart failure (HF). PATIENTS 70 medically treated hypertensive patients with exertional dyspnoea (40 women, mean (SD) age 58 (8) years) and 15 normotensive controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Mitral annular early diastolic velocity with tissue Doppler imaging and flow propagation velocity were used as linear measures of diastolic function. Arterial compliance was determined by the pulse pressure method. RESULTS According to conventional Doppler echocardiography of transmitral and pulmonary venous flow, diastolic function was classified as normal in 33 patients and abnormal in 37 patients. Of those with diastolic dysfunction, 28 had mild (impaired relaxation) and nine had advanced (pseudonormal filling) dysfunction. Arterial compliance was highest in controls (mean (SD) 1.32 (0.58) ml/mm Hg) and became progressively lower in patients with hypertension and normal function (1.04 (0.37) ml/mm Hg), impaired relaxation (0.89 (0.42) ml/mm Hg), and pseudonormal filling (0.80 (0.45) ml/mm Hg, p = 0.011). In patients with diastolic dysfunction, arterial compliance was inversely related to age (p = 0.02), blood pressure (p < 0.001), and estimated filling pressures (p < 0.01) and directly related to diastolic function (p < 0.01). After adjustment for age, sex, body size, blood pressure, and ventricular hypertrophy, arterial compliance was independently predictive of diastolic dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS In hypertensive patients with exertional dyspnoea, progressively abnormal diastolic function is associated with reduced arterial compliance. Arterial compliance is an independent predictor of diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertensive heart disease and should be considered a potential target for intervention in diastolic HF.
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- P M Mottram
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Mottram PM, Haluska B, Yuda S, Leano R, Marwick TH. Patients with a hypertensive response to exercise have impaired systolic function without diastolic dysfunction or left ventricular hypertrophy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 43:848-53. [PMID: 14998628 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.08.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2003] [Revised: 08/21/2003] [Accepted: 08/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to determine if a hypertensive response to exercise (HRE) is associated with myocardial changes consistent with early hypertensive heart disease. BACKGROUND An HRE predicts the development of chronic hypertension (HT) and may reflect a preclinical stage of HT. METHODS Patients with a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction and a negative stress test were recruited into three matched groups: 41 patients (age 56 +/- 10 years) with HRE (>210/105 mm Hg in men; >190/105 in women), comprising 22 patients with (HT+) and 19 without resting hypertension (HT-); and 17 matched control subjects without HRE. Long-axis function was determined by measurement of the strain rate (SR), peak systolic strain, and cyclic variation (CV) of integrated backscatter in three apical views. RESULTS An HRE was not associated with significant differences in LV mass index. Exercise performance and diastolic function were reduced in HRE(HT+) patients, but similar in HRE(HT-) patients and controls. Systolic dysfunction (peak systolic strain, SR, and CV) was significantly reduced in HRE patients (p < 0.001 for all). These reductions were equally apparent in patients with and without a history of resting HT (p = NS) and were independent of LV mass index and blood pressure (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS An HRE is associated with subtle systolic dysfunction, even in the absence of resting HT. These changes occur before the development of LV hypertrophy or detectable diastolic dysfunction and likely represent early hypertensive heart disease.
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Müller-Brunotte R, Kahan T, Malmqvist K, Edner M. Blood pressure and left ventricular geometric pattern determine diastolic function in hypertensive myocardial hypertrophy. J Hum Hypertens 2003; 17:841-9. [PMID: 14704728 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Abnormal left ventricular (LV) diastolic relaxation is an early sign of hypertensive heart disease. Whether LV diastolic dysfunction is caused directly by raised blood pressure, or by structural changes related to LV hypertrophy remains controversial. We examined 115 hypertensive patients with LV hypertrophy, and two age- and gender-matched groups (38 hypertensive patients without LV hypertrophy and 38 normotensive subjects) by echocardiography to assess determinants of LV diastolic function, and the relation between diastolic function and LV geometric pattern. Diastolic function was evaluated by the E/A-ratio, E wave deceleration time (E-dec), isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT), and the atrioventricular plane displacement method (AV-LA/AV-mean). A multivariate analysis (including gender, age and body mass index) shows diastolic function to be inversely related to blood pressure, LV wall thickness and LV mass, but not to LV end diastolic diameter. The E/A-ratio generally showed the strongest relations. Only the E/A-ratio and AV-LA/AV-mean were related to heart rate. By stepwise regression analysis, age was the strongest determinant for the E/A-ratio, E-dec and AV-LA/AV-mean, followed by systolic blood pressure, heart rate and LV wall thickness. For IVRT, however, LV wall thickness appeared strongest, followed by systolic blood pressure and age. In conclusion, blood pressure and LV wall thickness both have independent influence on LV diastolic function. Age and blood pressure are the most important factors to determine the E/A-ratio and E-dec, whereas LV geometry and blood pressure are most important when IVRT is used. AV-LA/AV-mean may not be useful in hypertensive LV hypertrophy.
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- R Müller-Brunotte
- Division of Internal Medicine, Karolinska Institutet Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Schneider RH, Castillo-Richmond A, Alexander CN, Myers H, Kaushik V, Aranguri C, Norris K, Haney C, Rainforth M, Calderon R, Nidich S. Behavioral treatment of hypertensive heart disease in African Americans: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial. Behav Med 2002; 27:83-95. [PMID: 11763829 DOI: 10.1080/08964280109595775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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African Americans experience higher morbidity and mortality than Whites do as a result of hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease. Chronic psychosocial stress has been considered an important contributing factor to these high rates. The authors describe the rationale and design for a planned randomized controlled trial comparing Transcendental Meditation, a stress-reduction technique, with lifestyle education in the treatment of hypertension and hypertensive heart disease in urban African Americans. They pretested 170 men and women aged 20 to 70 years over a 3-session baseline period, with posttests at 6 months. Outcomes included clinic and ambulatory blood pressure, quality of life, left ventricular mass measured by M-mode echocardiography, left ventricular diastolic function measured by Doppler, and carotid atherosclerosis measured by beta-mode ultrasound. This trial was designed to evaluate the hypothesis that a selected stress reduction technique is effective in reducing hypertension and hypertensive heart disease in African Americans.
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Lamb HJ, Beyerbacht HP, van der Laarse A, Stoel BC, Doornbos J, van der Wall EE, de Roos A. Diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive heart disease is associated with altered myocardial metabolism. Circulation 1999; 99:2261-7. [PMID: 10226091 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.17.2261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypertension is an important clinical problem and is often accompanied by left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and dysfunction. Whether the myocardial high-energy phosphate (HEP) metabolism is altered in human hypertensive heart disease and whether this is associated with LV dysfunction is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS Eleven patients with hypertension and 13 age-matched healthy subjects were studied with magnetic resonance imaging at rest and with phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy at rest and during high-dose atropine-dobutamine stress. Hypertensive patients showed higher LV mass (98+/-28 g/m2) than healthy control subjects (73+/-13 g/m2, P<0.01). LV filling was impaired in patients, reflected by a decreased peak rate of wall thinning (PRWThn), E/A ratio, early peak filling rate, and early deceleration peak (all P<0. 05), whereas systolic function was still normal. The myocardial phosphocreatine (PCr)/ATP ratio determined in patients at rest (1. 20+/-0.18) and during stress (0.95+/-0.25) was lower than corresponding values obtained from healthy control subjects at rest (1.39+/-0.17, P<0.05) and during stress (1.16+/-0.18, P<0.05). The PCr/ATP ratio correlated significantly with PRWThn (r=-0.55, P<0.01), early deceleration peak (r=-0.56, P<0.01), and with the rate-pressure product (r=-0.53, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Myocardial HEP metabolism is altered in patients with hypertensive heart disease. In addition, there is an association between impaired LV diastolic function and altered myocardial HEP metabolism in humans. The level of myocardial PCr/ATP is most likely determined by the level of cardiac work load.
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- H J Lamb
- Department of Radiology and Cardiology, University Medical Center, Leiden The Netherlands.
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Di Bello V, Pedrinelli R, Giorgi D, Bertini A, Bianchi M, Paterni M, Romano MF, Dell'Omo G, Giusti C. Ultrasonic myocardial texture versus Doppler analysis in hypertensive heart: a preliminary study. Hypertension 1999; 33:66-73. [PMID: 9931083 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.33.1.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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-Doppler-derived parameters of transmitral flow are useful indices of diastolic dysfunction in the hypertensive heart. Different degrees of myocardial involvement in hypertensive heart can be detected by videodensitometric myocardial textural analysis. The aim of this study was to compare Doppler-derived and ultrasonic videodensitometric parameters in the differentiation of healthy hearts from hypertensive hearts. We compared a group of age-matched (59+/-9 years) male essential hypertensive patients (n=53) with normotensive healthy subjects as controls (n=32). All subjects provided ambulatory blood pressure measurements for the evaluation of 24-hour mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure. A transmitral flow Doppler analysis was performed on all subjects. A quantitative analysis of the echocardiographic digitized imaging was performed with the help of a calibrated digitization system to calculate the septum and the posterior wall textural parameters. The myocardial mean gray level (MGL) was calculated to derive the cyclic variation index (CVI): (MGLend-diastolic-MGLend-systolic)/MGLend-diastolic x100. When compared with controls, the hypertensive patients showed a significantly lower CVI for both septum (-11.1+/-26.8% versus 34. 7+/-16.3%; P<0.001) and posterior wall (-11.2+/-27.6% versus 38. 2+/-15.4%; P<0.001). Individual analyses for the ratio of peak transmitral flow velocity in early diastole to the peak transmitral flow velocity in late diastole showed that only 24% of the patients (13/53) were discriminated from normal subjects by this parameter. Individual analyses for CVI, however, at both septum and posterior wall levels, showed that 74% of the patients (39/53) were discriminated from normal subjects by this second parameter. In comparison with Doppler-derived indices of diastolic filling, the videodensitometric parameters showed a significantly higher ability to discriminate between hypertensive subjects and normal controls.
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- V Di Bello
- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, University of Pisa, Italy.
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Gerdts E, Lund-Johansen P, Omvik P. Factors influencing left ventricular mass in salt sensitive and salt resistant essential hypertensive patients. Blood Press 1998; 7:223-30. [PMID: 9858114 DOI: 10.1080/080370598437259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED To investigate whether salt sensitivity is associated with differences in left ventricular mass or geometry, salt sensitivity testing and Doppler echocardiography was performed in 30 essential hypertensive patients (7 women and 23 men) with mean age 43+/-9 years. Salt sensitivity was defined as a 10% increase or more in 24-h blood pressure (24hBP) when going from low to high dietary sodium intake based on a single test. Eight patients were characterized as salt sensitive and 22 as salt resistant. At baseline, there was no difference in casual blood pressure (156/103+/-17/9 vs 158/100+/-18/11 mmHg) or 24hBP (152/ 90+/-25/15 vs 159/89+/-19/8 mmHg), in duration of hypertension (5+/-4 vs 4+/-3 years), daily sodium excretion (144+/-68 vs 171+/-68 mmol), left ventricular mass (LVM) (212+/-45 vs 246+/-52 g) or left ventricular relative wall thickness (RWT) between the salt sensitive and salt resistant groups of patients. In the total study population, increased RWT was found in 17 patients, and increased LVM in 10 patients. In only 10 patients were both these variables normal. Left ventricular geometric pattern did not differ between the salt sensitive and salt resistant groups. LVM and RWT were significantly correlated with 24hBP (r = 0.57 and 0.51, respectively; both p < 0.01). Significant correlation was also found between LVM and casual blood pressure, blood volume, body surface area, serum creatinine and albuminuria (r = 0.53, 0.60, 0.54, 0.54 and 0.43, respectively; all p < 0.01). In multiple regression analysis, 24hBP and blood volume were identified as independent predictors of LVM (R = 0.51, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS increased RWT or LVM is common in both salt sensitive and salt resistant essential hypertensive patients. Salt sensitivity status based on a single test does not influence left ventricular hypertrophy or geometry. Twenty-four-hour blood pressure is related to increased RWT and LVM.
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- E Gerdts
- Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Ferrara LA, Guida L, Pasanisi F, Celentano A, Palmieri V, Iannuzzi R, Gaeta I, Leccia G, Crivaro M. Isolated office hypertension and end-organ damage. J Hypertens 1997; 15:979-85. [PMID: 9321745 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715090-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with elevated blood pressure levels in the doctor's office but normal blood pressures at other times have recently been described as having 'isolated office hypertension' (IOH). There is debate concerning whether this condition is really benign and thus not in need of treatment. Most of the previous studies on this topic included patients who had already been administered antihypertensive treatment, which unavoidably alters their cardiovascular profile. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether recently discovered and never-treated patients with isolated office hypertension have structural or functional abnormalities in comparison with normotensive controls. METHODS Patients included in the study underwent 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, M-mode echocardiography and high-resolution echography of carotid arteries. Parameters of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism were also determined. RESULTS We investigated 76 patients (20 with IOH and 56 with sustained hypertension) who had recently been diagnosed hypertensive but never been administered antihypertensive treatment and 32 matched controls. No changes were detected in left ventricular mass (LVM h2.7, 41.5 +/- 11, 44.5 +/- 10 and 41.5 +/- 10 g/cm2.7 in IOH, sustained hypertension and controls, respectively) and in intimal-medial thickness (IMT, 0.54 +/- 0.13, 0.59 +/- 0.14 and 0.55 +/- 0.16 mm, respectively). However, the left ventricular diastolic function was significantly different (E/A = 1.08 +/- 0.3, 1.04 +/- 0.3 and 1.43 +/- 0.3, respectively, P = 0.02) and the carotid diameter significantly lower than that expected from the pressure-diameter relationship for normotensives. CONCLUSIONS These results, at variance with those of others, suggest that IOH affects the cardiovascular system even during the early phases of the disease and indicate the need for prospective clinical trials to evaluate the benefit from early treatment of IOH patients.
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- L A Ferrara
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Schroeder AP, Kristensen BO, Nielsen CB, Pedersen EB. Heart function in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and mildly to moderately impaired renal function. An echocardiographic study. Blood Press 1997; 6:286-93. [PMID: 9359999 DOI: 10.3109/08037059709062084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED Left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic heart dysfunction have been reported in essential hypertension and in patients with chronic renal failure, treated with haemodialysis, but a close association with blood pressure (BP) level has not been uniformly documented. Thus, other factors could be involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac dysfunction. The aims of the present echocardiographic study were to investigate cardiac morphology and function in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis with mildly to moderately impaired renal function, and to study the relation between echocardiographic findings and glomerular filtration rate (GFR), BP and age. Twenty patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and 14 healthy controls, of the same age- and sex-distribution, were examined by 2D-, M-mode and pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography. In patients, GFR was determined as plasma clearance of Cr-EDTA. The patients had significantly thicker left ventricular (LV) posterior walls in end diastole (8.7 vs 8.1 mm, p < 0.05), and a higher LV mass index (106.5 vs 93.8 g/m2, p < 0.05). Systolic functional indices, i.e. LV fractional shortening and LV ejection fraction, were statistically significantly lower in patients than in controls (p < 0.05). LV diastolic function in patients was characterized by a statistically significantly lower early peak flow velocity (E-Vmax) (0.66 compared with 0.8 m/s) and early to late peak flow velocity ratio (E/A ratio) (1.07 vs 1.41), as well as E/A ratio of time velocity indices (VTI-E/A) (1.45 vs 1.99) (p < 0.05). The right ventricular filling indices showed a tendency towards a lower E-Vmax in patients (0.55 compared with 0.62 m/s, p = 0.1). In patients, statistically significant negative correlations were found between age and mitral E/A ratio (r = -0.76, p < 0.0001), as well as LV VTI-E/A(r = -0.81, p < 0.0001). The same trend was seen for the tricuspid E/A ratio. No statistically significant correlations were found in patients between mitral or tricuspid E/A ratio and GFR, BP, LV mass or heart rate. IN CONCLUSION in a group of patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and mildly to moderately impaired renal function, it was found by means of echocardiography that there was a higher LV mass index and decreased systolic function, when compared with healthy controls. In addition, the patients had diastolic dysfunction of primarily the left ventricle. The echocardiographic findings were not correlated to BP level or renal function. This suggests that factors other than GFR or BP per se might be involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac dysfunction, at an early stage.
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- A P Schroeder
- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
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De Castro S, Pelliccia F, Cartoni D, Funaro S, Melillo G, Beni S, Magni G, Migliau G, Fedele F. Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on left ventricular geometric patterns in patients with essential hypertension. J Clin Pharmacol 1996; 36:1141-8. [PMID: 9013371 DOI: 10.1002/j.1552-4604.1996.tb04168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Although angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors have been shown to affect left ventricular (LV) remodeling favorably in several conditions, it remains unclear whether they can influence LV geometric pattern in hypertension. To address this issue, 122 patients (71 men and 51 women; mean age = 51 +/- 10 years) with mild to moderate hypertension were studied prospectively. All underwent clinical evaluation and Doppler echocardiography at entry and more than 2 years of quinapril therapy (10-40 mg/day). According to either LV mass (normal if < 131 g/m2 for men or < 100 g/m2 for women) or the ratio of LV posterior wall thickness to diastolic diameter (RWT; normal if < 0.45) at baseline, 58 patients had normal mass and RWT, 18 patients had concentric remodelling (i.e., normal mass but increased RWT), 24 patients had eccentric hypertrophy (i.e., increased mass but normal RWT), and 22 patients had concentric hypertrophy (i.e., increase in both mass and RWT). After 6 months of quinapril therapy, all patients with normal left ventricles showed the maintenance of mass and RWT within normal limits. Patients with concentric remodeling showed no increase in mass but had a significant decrease in RWT. Patients with eccentric hypertrophy exhibited a significant reduction in mass with no substantial change in RWT. Patients with concentric hypertrophy had a significant reduction in both mass and RWT. Changes in LV mass and geometry were maintained during the 2-year period of treatment and were paralleled by improvements in Doppler indices of LV diastolic function in each group. It is concluded that quinapril, with its well-known effects on LV hypertrophy, modifies the LV geometric pattern of hypertensive patients favorably, regardless of the presence of an abnormal LV mass or RWT.
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- S De Castro
- Department of Clinical Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Schwartzman D, Concato J, Ren JF, Callans DJ, Gottlieb CD, Preminger MW, Marchlinski FE. Factors associated with successful implantation of nonthoracotomy defibrillation lead systems. Am Heart J 1996; 131:1127-36. [PMID: 8644591 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90087-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Two hundred forty-three consecutive patients underwent attempted implantation of nonthoracotomy defibrillation lead (NTL) systems. The importance of clinical and lead-related factors were analyzed regarding their relation with implantation failure caused by an unacceptably high defibrillation threshold (DFT). Overall, 33 (14%) of 243 patients failed NTL implantation. Patients undergoing attempted implantation of NTL systems with monophasic shock waveforms (monophasic group, n = 145) had an incidence of failed implantation of 22% (n = 32) versus an incidence of 1% (n = 1) among patients undergoing attempted implantation by using biphasic shock waveforms (biphasic group, n = 98; odds ratio, 26.9; p < 0.001). The incidence of success and simplicity of implantation of NTL systems was markedly improved in patients undergoing NTL implantation by using biphasic shock waveforms. Clinical factors could be used to stratify patients in the monophasic group for their risk of implantation failure. In the biphasic group, no clinical factor could be correlated with a low DFT with a fully endovascular system.
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- D Schwartzman
- The Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Philadelphia Heart Institute, PA 19104, USA
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Mehta SK, Super DM, Anderson RL, Harcar-Sevcik RA, Babjak M, Liu X, Bahler RC. Parental hypertension and cardiac alterations in normotensive children and adolescents. Am Heart J 1996; 131:81-8. [PMID: 8554024 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90054-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The objective of this investigation was the examination of the relation of left ventricular mass (LVM) and function with cardiovascular response to exercise in normotensive adolescents at risk for hypertension. Carried out was a prospective, cross-sectional study of 47 subjects (age, 10 to 18 years), who underwent dynamic and isometric exercise, 24-hour Holter monitoring, and echocardiography. Twenty-nine had normotensive parents (group 2, "at risk"). Both groups were similar for age, race, sex, body mass index, blood pressures, and resting heart rates. Group 2 had a higher E/A ratio (2.3 +/- 0.5 vs 2.0 +/- 0.5; p = 0.039) and higher heart rates during stage IV of dynamic exercise (188 +/- 20 beats/min vs 176 +/- 18 beats/min; p = 0.046). The LVM, 24-hour heart rates, and exercise systolic blood pressures (SBP) were similar in both groups. Only in group 2, SBP at peak dynamic and isometric exercise correlated best with LVM (r = 0.74, p < 0.002; r = 0.82, p < 0.001). It is concluded that altered hemodynamic regulatory mechanisms may exist before the establishment of hypertension in normotensive subjects with parental hypertension.
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- S K Mehta
- MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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