title: Behaviour of blood pressure in dilated cardiomyopathy patients suspected significantly hypertensive at echocardiography.
abstract: Eleven DCM patients who were found to have significant background hypertension from an echocardiographic assessment of the role of hypertension in DCM form the subject of this follow-up study. This was to test the reliability or otherwise of this investigative method which is supposed to identify DCM patients who would be expected to manifest hypertension with traditional anti-heart failure treatment. Results suggest a sensitivity of about 73% and specificity of 36%. It has a false positive potential in young females with the "Zaria-type" peripartum cardiomyopathy where fluid overload and not intrinsic myocardial failure is responsible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Okeahialam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004077:Digoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011188:Potassium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D004077:Digoxin; D005665:Furosemide; D011188:Potassium