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[Effect of 3 hypertensive++ agents on ventricular geometry and function]

C Gómez Pajuelo1, M A Gómez Sánchez, R Marín Ruiz

  • 1Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid.

Medicina Clinica
|March 11, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Left ventricular hypertrophy is common in hypertensive patients. Antihypertensive treatments effectively reduced this condition, with different drugs impacting left ventricular geometry uniquely.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Hypertension Research
  • Echocardiography

Background:

  • Assessing left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) prevalence in hypertensive outpatients.
  • Evaluating LVH changes during antihypertensive therapy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the prevalence of LVH in hypertensive patients.
  • To observe LVH regression under antihypertensive treatment.

Main Methods:

  • 107 mild-to-moderate hypertensive patients randomized to xipamide, verapamil, or atenolol.
  • Echocardiography used to measure left ventricular mass and function.

Main Results:

  • LVH found in 65% of patients, decreasing to 54% with treatment.
  • Left ventricular mass significantly reduced (p < 0.001).

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  • Different drugs affected ventricular geometry uniquely; systolic function unchanged, diastolic function improved with atenolol.

    • Conclusions:

    • Echocardiography reveals high LVH prevalence in hypertensive patients.
    • All tested antihypertensives induced LVH regression via distinct mechanisms.
    • Drug-specific effects on cardiac geometry may have therapeutic relevance.