Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Essential Hypertensive Patients: Influence of Age and Left Ventricular Geometry

Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Essential Hypertensive Patients: Influence of Age and Left Ventricular Geometry

PURPOSE - To evaluate diastolic dysfunction (DD) in essential hypertension and the influence of age and cardiac geometry on this parameter. METHODS - Four hundred sixty essential hypertensive patients (HT) underwent Doppler echocardiography to obtain E/A wave ratio (E/A), atrial deceleration time (A...

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Main Authors: Rosa Eduardo Cantoni, Moysés Valdir Ambrósio, Rivera Ivan, Sesso Ricardo da Cintra, Kohlmann Nárcia, Zanella Maria Tereza, Ribeiro Artur Beltrame, Kohlmann Jr. Osvaldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
essential hypertension
diastolic function
age
cardiac geometry
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