Assessment of left ventricular geometrical patterns and function among hypertensive patients at a tertiary hospital, Northern Tanzania

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Ben Hamel²  Hery Mwandolela⁵  Matthew Dewhurst¹  Gibson Kapanda²  Helmut Diefenthal²  Venance Philis Maro³  Lairumbe Korduni Silangei⁴ 

[1]Freeman Road Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK

[2]Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P. O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania

[3]Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, P. O. Box 3010, Moshi, Tanzania

[4]Dar es Salaam University College of Education, P. O. Box 2329, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

[5]Heameda Medical Clinic, P. O. Box 12633, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

关键词: Left ventricular function;    Left ventricular mass index;    Left ventricular geometry;    Left ventricular hypertrophy;    Essential hypertension;    Echocardiography;   

Others  :  857984
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2261-12-109

 received in 2012-06-10, accepted in 2012-10-31,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

With hypertension, the cardiovascular system changes to adapt to the varying neuro-humoral and hemodynamic changes and this may lead to the development of different left ventricular geometric patterns, each carrying a different risk profile for major adverse cardiovascular events.

Methods

Using a consecutive sampling technique, a cross-sectional, prospective, hospital based study was done and two hundred and twenty seven (227) hypertensive patients were studied.

Results

The distribution of different abnormal LV geometrical patterns was 19.8%, 28.2%, 22% for concentric remodelling, concentric hypertrophy and eccentric hypertrophy respectively. With echocardiographic criteria, the proportion of patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) was higher when left ventricular mass (LVM) was indexed to height^2.7 than to body surface area (70.0% vs. 52.9%). Duration of hypertension markedly influenced the type of LV geometry with normal LV geometry predominating in early hypertension and abnormal geometrical patterns predominating in late hypertension. The left ventricular fractional shortening decreased with duration of hypertension and was common in patients with eccentric hypertrophy. Age of the patient, systolic blood pressure, duration of hypertension and body mass index were found to be independent predictors left ventricular hypertrophy.

Conclusion

About 70% of hypertensive patients had abnormal geometry existing in different patterns. Eccentric hypertrophy had more of clinical and echocardiographic features suggestive of reduced left ventricular systolic function. Hypertensive patients should be recognized as a heterogeneous population and therefore stratifying them into their respective LV geometrical patterns is useful as way of assessing their risk profile as well as instituting appropriate management.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Silangei et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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