Left ventricular geometric patterns and adaptations to hemodynamics are similar in elderly men and women

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Lars Lind¹  Johan Sundström¹  Said Masiha² 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden;Department of Cardiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

关键词: Doppler;    echocardiography;    left ventricular hypertrophy;    Left ventricular geometry;    Gender;   

Others  :  1086016
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2261-11-25

 received in 2010-09-17, accepted in 2011-05-27,  发布年份 2011

【 摘 要 】

Background

Common conditions such as obesity and hypertension result in hemodynamic alterations that will induce remodeling of the left ventricle (LV). However, differences between the genders in the relationship of hemodynamics to LV geometry are not well known.

The present study aims to investigate differences between the genders in this respect, in a sample of elderly persons.

Methods

Echocardiography and Doppler was performed in a population-based sample aged 70 - The Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study (n = 922).

Hemodynamic patterns obtained by echocardiography and Doppler were evaluated in relation to four LV geometric groups (normal, concentric remodeling, eccentric hypertrophy and concentric hypertrophy).

Results

No significant difference between the genders was observed regarding the prevalence of the LV geometric groups.

Mean values of most evaluated echocardiography and Doppler variables differed between men and women, such as LA, IVS, LVEDD and IVRT, but the relationship of hemodynamic variables to LV geometric groups did not differ between the genders.

Conclusions

Although mean values of many echocardiographic variables differed between men and women, the LV geometric adaptations to a given hemodynamic load appear similar in both genders.

【 授权许可】

   
2011 Masiha et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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