title: Echocardiographic findings in an elderly population. Influence of arterial hypertension. The EPICARDIAN study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in a group of elderly Spanish individuals. Data were obtained on a subgroup of 371 individuals from the Lista district of Madrid, Spain who were taking part in the EPICARDIAN study. In hypertensive subjects, the prevalence of LVH was 51.8%-61.8%, that of LVDD was 86%, and that of LVSD was 6.2%. In normotensive subjects, the prevalences were 14%-30% for LVH, 86% for LVDD, and 6% for LVSD. The isovolumic relaxation time was 115+/-33 ms in the hypertensive group and 105+/-24 ms in the normotensive group. In this study, the only factor that differentiated between the diagnoses of LVDD due to age and LVDD due to hypertension was a longer isovolumic relaxation time.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Nodar
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puchades
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Borreguero
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suárez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*