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  • Title: Changes in midwall systolic performance and cardiac hypertrophy reduction in hypertensive patients.
    Author: Muiesan ML, Salvetti M, Monteduro C, Rizzoni D, Corbellini C, Castellano M, Porteri E, Agabiti-Rosei E.
    Journal: J Hypertens; 2000 Nov; 18(11):1651-6. PubMed ID: 11081779.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate changes in left ventricular (LV) performance, as evaluated by measurement of midwall LV fractional shortening (FS), after reduction of cardiac hypertrophy. DESIGN AND METHODS: Echocardiographic evaluation of LV anatomy and function was performed by M-mode echocardiography at baseline, after long-term antihypertensive therapy, and after treatment withdrawal in 68 asymptomatic hypertensive patients (50 males, 18 females, age range 22-62 years). Patients were divided according to the presence of LV hypertrophy (LVH) at baseline (LV mass index, LVMI, > or = 51 g/m(2.7)). RESULTS: At baseline patients with concentric (relative wall thickness > 0.44) LV hypertrophy (n = 38) or remodelling (n = 7) had reduced midwall shortening with respect to patients with normal LV geometry (n = 4) or eccentric LVH (n = 19); no differences were observed for endocardial FS. After long-term treatment (average 15 months), in 11 patients LV mass remained within normal limits, in 45 patients LVH reduction was obtained, while in 12 patients LV mass remained persistently elevated. Midwall FS was significantly increased in patients with reduction of LVH both during treatment and after withdrawal of treatment, while it remained significantly lower in patients with persistently elevated LV mass. Changes in midwall fractional shortening were independently associated with modifications in relative wall thickness (P < 0.00001), with changes in end-diastolic dimensions (P < 0.0001) and those of LVMI (P< 0.02) as shown by multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION: LV midwall systolic performance significantly improved after reduction of LVH, even in the presence of high blood pressure values. Modifications in relative wall thickness are more independently associated with changes, in LV diastolic dimensions and mass, to midwall improvement
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