title: Do nondipping pattern and metabolic syndrome impact left ventricular geometry and global function in hypertensive patients?
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of nondipping arterial blood pressure pattern and the metabolic syndrome (MS), as well as their interaction, on left ventricular (LV) structural and function remodeling. The study included 352 never-treated hypertensive patients with and without MS. Nondipping pattern and MS, separately, as well as their interaction, significantly impacted LV structure, LV geometry pattern, systolic, diastolic and global function in hypertensive patients. Abdominal obesity was the only MS criterion which was simultaneously associated with LV hypertrophy, LV diastolic dysfunction and, LV global dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: University Clinical Hospital Center "Dr Dragisa Misovic" , Belgrade , Serbia.
authors.forename: Marijana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadic
authors.forename: Branislava
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ivanovic
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Celic
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neskovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D021081:Chronobiology Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling