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  • Title: Influence of plasma aldosterone on left ventricular geometry and diastolic function in treated essential hypertension.
    Author: Iwashima Y, Horio T, Kuroda S, Takishita S, Kawano Y.
    Journal: Hypertens Res; 2002 Jan; 25(1):49-56. PubMed ID: 11924725.
    Abstract:
    Since aldosterone is known to promote interstitial fibrosis in cardiac tissues, it is possible that aldosterone may influence cardiac structure and function. In the present study, we investigated whether plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) is related to the distinct patterns of left ventricular (LV) geometry and LV diastolic function in treated essential hypertension. In 92 patients with chronically treated essential hypertension, two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examinations were performed and LV inflow velocities were measured for evaluation of LV diastolic function. When patients were divided into four groups by the different LV geometric patterns, PAC in patients with eccentric hypertrophy was significantly higher than in those with concentric hypertrophy (15.2+/-2.1 vs. 10.0+/-0.7 ng/dl, p<0.01). However, the ratio of the peak velocity of early diastolic filling to that of atrial filling (EIA), an index of LV diastolic function, was significantly decreased in patients with concentric hypertrophy compared with those showing normal geometry. In the relationship between PAC and LV diastolic function, PAC was negatively correlated with EIA (r=-0.35, p<0.05) only in the subgroup with normal relative wall thickness (i.e., without the concentric change in LV geometry). A multiple linear regression analysis showed that PAC was one of the independent determinants of E/A in the overall subject group. These observations indicate that PAC is associated with the eccentric change in LV geometry in patients with treated essential hypertension and also suggest that the increase in PAC participates in the impairment of LV diastolic function apart from the concentric change in LV geometry, although concentric hypertrophy clearly impairs LV diastolic function.
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