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  • Title: Clinical correlates in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosed with echocardiography.
    Author: Cohen A, Hagan AD, Watkins J, Mitas J, Schvartzman M, Mazzoleni A, Cohen IM, Warren SE, Vieweg WV.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 1981 Feb; 47(2):335-41. PubMed ID: 6110331.
    Abstract:
    Seventy-three hypertensive patients were evaluated with M mode and two dimensional echocardiography. Left ventricular hypertrophy was found in 37 patients (51 percent); 29 had concentric hypertrophy and the remaining 8 had disproportionate septal thickening. Factors that did not influence the distribution of patients in the group with left ventricular hypertrophy and normal subjects included (1) duration of hypertension, (2) level of blood pressure, (3) age, (4) body surface area, and (5) race. More of the patients who had a normal left ventricular mass (32 or 89 percent) than of those who had hypertrophy (22 or 59 percent) were receiving two or more antihypertensive drugs. Electrocardiography was very insensitive in identifying left ventricular hypertrophy in these patients. The presence of increased left ventricular mass was associated with a greater incidence of other target organ disease.
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