BACKGROUND Prehypertension has been associated with target-organ damage. This study sought to determine the impact of prehypertension (PHT) on QT dispersion and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in adult black Nigerians. METHODS One hundred and one subjects with office blood pressure (BP) < 140/90 mmHg were categorised according to their office BP into normotensive (normal BP < 120/80 mmHg, ...

BACKGROUND Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an independent predictor of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients. Current guidelines for the management of hypertension are based on cardiovascular risk stratification. This study evaluated the possibility that an inexpensive, simple random, single-void urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR) would be associated t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationships between metabolic syndrome (MS), other metabolic features and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) in a population of obese children and adolescents with MS. METHODS Two hundred and eight obese children and adolescents (119 females and 89 males, mean age: 11.9±2.7 years) and control subjects (24 females and 26 males, mean age: 11.4±2.9 years) were enro...

OBJECTIVES To demonstrate that fractional flow reserve (FFR) of vessels in patients with high left ventricular mass index (LVMI) should be similar to that of matched vessels in patients with normal LVMI. BACKGROUND FFR is a physiologic index of coronary lesion severity. It is not known whether FFR remains useful in the setting of increased LVMI, when microvascular abnormalities may be present...

background: patients suffering from major beta thalassemia need frequent blood transfusions and, if not treated well, would be at risk of heart dysfunction. this study was performed to determine the diagnostic value of electrocardiography versus echocardiography in measuring the left ventricular mass index in these patients. methods: between july 2010 and june 2011, 82 asymptomatic patients ove...

The aim of this study was to identify the relationship of QT dispersion on 12-lead electrocardiograms and left ventricular mass index on echocardiograms associated with the circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP). Heart rate and BP were monitored every 30 min for 48 h in 62 patients with essential hypertension using an ambulatory BP monitoring device. The patients were divided into four groups ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the correlation between left ventricular mass index and calcium metabolism in patients with essential hypertension. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional case-control study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-seven patients with essential hypertension and 20 healthy individuals were compared with respect to calciotropic hormones, left ventricular mass index (LVMI), and urinary and se...

OBJECTIVE Echocardiographic and Doppler analysis of myocardial mass and diastolic function in patients infected with HIV. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre, Huelva, Spain. PATIENTS 61 asymptomatic patients with HIV infection and 32 healthy controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Time motion, cross sectional, and Doppler echocardiographic studies were performed, and lef...

BACKGROUND Impaired renal function is common among older patients. Deficiency of vitamin D is a frequent phenomenon among patients with impaired renal function, who are likely to develop cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to explore the association of 25 (OH) D levels with left ventricular mass and arterial stiffness in older patients with impaired renal function. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ba...

The relative importance of left ventricular (LV) geometry, wall thickness, and mass on the inscription of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on the ECG was examined in 93 patients; 36 had no LVH on the ECG, 10 had borderline voltage for LVH, and 47 had LVH on the ECG. LV cineangiograms in the right anterior oblique projection were analyzed for LV end-diastolic volume, free wall thickness (h), s...