Left Venticular Diastolic Dysfunction in Essential Hypertension

Prognostic significance of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in essential hypertension.

OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the prognostic value of alterations in left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in patients with essential hypertension. BACKGROUND Alterations in LV diastolic function are frequent in patients with hypertension, even in the absence of LV hypertrophy, but their prognostic significance has never been investigated. METHODS In the setting of the Progetto Ipertens...

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine concentration in persons with essential hypertension

INTRODUCTION The study aimed to evaluate the relationship between plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) concentration and development of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients with essential hypertension (EH). Moreover, an attempt was made to define independent risk factors of LVDD in patients with EH. MATERIAL AND METHODS A group of 106 individuals with EH was obtained...

Maternal diastolic dysfunction and left ventricular geometry in gestational hypertension.

The objective of this study was to evaluate diastolic parameters and left ventricular geometry in gestational hypertension. Twenty-one consecutive pregnant women with gestational hypertension and 21 normotensive women matched for age and gestational age were enrolled in the third trimester of gestation. Echocardiographic and uterine color Doppler evaluations were performed. Systolic, diastolic,...

Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension.

Pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease (PHVD) is characterized by progressive narrowing of pulmonary arterioles, abnormally high pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, left ventricular (LV) compression, and death in ≈25% to 60% of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) 5 years after diagnosis. Meanwhile, consensus statements have been developed in...

P-wave dispersion and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in hypertension