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Right ventricular dysfunction in early systemic hypertension: a tissue Doppler imaging study in patients with high-normal and mildly increased arterial blood pressure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20191674     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To analyze the relationship between increasing systemic blood pressure (BP) and right ventricular (RV) function. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Ninety-eight never-treated, nonobese patients with BP values varying from the optimal to the mild hypertensive range. Peak early diastolic (Em) and systolic (Sm) velocities were recorded at the tricuspid and mitral annuli by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI); global RV and left ventricular (LV) structure and function by conventional echo-Doppler sonography; insulin sensitivity by homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) index. Data were analyzed by 24-h systolic BP (cut-offs 117 and 130 mmHg), thus partitioning an optimal BP from an intermediate high-normal and an upper mildly increased BP stratum. RESULTS: Em decreased in the mid-third and decelerated further in association with reduced Sm in the upper BP tertile; both correlated negatively to septal thickness and positively to homologous TDI-derived LV indices. RV and LV indices of global ventricular function, estimated pulmonary pressure, HOMA did not differ by systemic BP. CONCLUSION: RV diastolic and systolic function deteriorates in response to slightly increased systemic BP. The process paralleled homologous changes at the LV side and was driven by interventricular septum remodeling, perhaps as a reflection of its role in RV function and biventricular interdependence. Insulin sensitivity seemed to play no relevant role.
Authors:
Roberto Pedrinelli; Maria Laura Canale; Cristina Giannini; Enrica Talini; Giuseppe Penno; Giulia Dell'Omo; Vitantonio Di Bello
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hypertension     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1473-5598     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Hypertens.     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-26     Completed Date:  2010-06-01     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8306882     Medline TA:  J Hypertens     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  615-21     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Dipartimento Cardio Toracico e Vascolare & Endocrinologia e Metabolismo, Universit? di Pisa, Pisa, Italy. r.pedrinelli@med.unipi.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Humans
Hypertension / physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Ultrasonography, Doppler

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