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

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Research Article

Matthew Dewhurst¹  Hery Mwandolela²  Gibson Kapanda³  Ben Hamel³  Helmut Diefenthal⁴  Venance Philis Maro⁴  Lairumbe Korduni Silangei⁵ 

[1] Freeman Road Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK;Heameda Medical Clinic, P. O. Box 12633, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P. O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania;Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P. O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania;Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, P. O. Box 3010, Moshi, Tanzania;Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P. O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania;Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, P. O. Box 3010, Moshi, Tanzania;Dar es Salaam University College of Education, P. O. Box 2329, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;

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

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2261-12-109

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

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWith 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.MethodsUsing a consecutive sampling technique, a cross-sectional, prospective, hospital based study was done and two hundred and twenty seven (227) hypertensive patients were studied.ResultsThe 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 height2.7 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.ConclusionAbout 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】

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© Silangei et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012