title: Left ventricular geometric patterns and adaptations to hemodynamics are similar in elderly men and women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Common conditions such as obesity and hypertension result in hemodynamic alterations that will induce remodeling of the left ventricle (LV). However, differences between the genders in the relationship of hemodynamics to LV geometry are not well known.The present study aims to investigate differences between the genders in this respect, in a sample of elderly persons.
  
  
  METHODS
  Echocardiography and Doppler was performed in a population-based sample aged 70 - The Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study (n = 922).Hemodynamic patterns obtained by echocardiography and Doppler were evaluated in relation to four LV geometric groups (normal, concentric remodeling, eccentric hypertrophy and concentric hypertrophy).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant difference between the genders was observed regarding the prevalence of the LV geometric groups.Mean values of most evaluated echocardiography and Doppler variables differed between men and women, such as LA, IVS, LVEDD and IVRT, but the relationship of hemodynamic variables to LV geometric groups did not differ between the genders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although mean values of many echocardiographic variables differed between men and women, the LV geometric adaptations to a given hemodynamic load appear similar in both genders.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. said.masiha@medsci.uu.se
authors: Said
authors: S
authors: Masiha
authors: Johan
authors: J
authors: Sundström
authors: Lars
authors: L
authors: Lind
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