Factors influencing transmitral flow velocity in normal and hypertensive subjects.
Transmitral flow velocity and its determinants were examined with Doppler echocardiography in 53 hypertensive and 32 age-matched healthy normotensive men. Early and late maximal transmitral velocity, and early and late flow velocity integral were evaluated. In comparison with normal subjects, hypertensive patients were characterized by decreased maximal early velocity (66.3 +/- 12.3 versus 72.3 +/- 11.5 cm/sec, p less than 0.05), normalized early flow integral (67 +/- 7% versus 73 +/- 5%, p less than 0.001), increased maximal late flow velocity (45 +/- 10 cm/sec, p less than 0.001), and normalized late flow integral (29 +/- 7% versus 21 +/- 5%, p less than 0.001). Abnormally high late transmitral flow was found in 47% of the hypertensive group. Multiple regression analysis revealed that in normal subjects transmitral flow indexes were determined by age, relative wall thickness, and systolic blood pressure, but not by heart rate. A strong relationship of Doppler transmitral flow indexes with age was confirmed in hypertensive patients; however, relative wall thickness influenced transmitral flow velocity only weakly and systolic blood pressure did not affect transmitral flow. Left ventricular mass and diastolic blood pressure did not influence mitral filling velocity in either group. The altered pattern of mitral inflow found in a large number of hypertensive subjects is not related to elevated arterial blood pressure or to altered left ventricular geometry.
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Department of Hypertension and Angiology, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw.
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012044:Regression Analysis