title: [Myocardial mass and geometry in population study of women in Tallinn (echocardiography data)].
abstract: In a framework of a population study in Tallinn triple blood pressure measurements, electro- and echocardiography were carried out in 398 women (82.6% of all participants) aged 35-59. Left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventricular mass >or=198 g, left ventricular mass/height ratio >or=121 g/m, left ventricular mass/body surface area ratio >or=120 g/m2) was found in 43% of these women. Distribution of variants of left ventricular remodeling was as follows: concentric hypertrophy - 9.1%, eccentric hypertrophy - 33.9%, concentric remodeling - 9.5%, normal myocardial geometry - 47.5%. Only concentric hypertrophy was associated with elevated blood pressure and obesity frequency of both of which increased with age.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shipilova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pshenichnikov
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Volozh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalev
authors.forename: Iu
authors.initials: Iu
authors.lastname: Kaĭk
authors.forename: Ia
authors.initials: Ia
authors.lastname: Lass
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karaĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004957:Estonia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology