Echocardiography [UCG] in hypertension. Myocardial performance comparison with controls and sportsmen.
Thanks to a number of parameters available, mean velocity of fibre shortening (mVCF), fibre shortening (FS%), ejection fraction (AF), stroke volume (SV), enddiastolic volume (EDV), echocardiography (UCG) is a non-invasive and well reproducible technique for examining the functioning of the heart. The UCG results obtained for 93 pre-treated male non-congestive hypertensives were compared with those obtained for 75 normotensives and 21 endurance sportsmen. In spite of the increasing degree of HT (WHO standards), the cases studied did not show a statistically significant decrease in the myocardial function. This study reveals that in general the heart of a hypertensive does not yet show at rest an overall functional loss. Compared with the left ventricular mass, however, a trend towards reduced performance can be seen, particularly when compared with sportsmen having a hypertrophy of a similar degree.
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013178:Sports Medicine