Why the study?
Does Tissue Doppler imaging detect left atrial appendage dysfunction earlier than conventional Doppler flow in prehypertensive and hypertensive patients?
Population
178 subjects, including 120 patients with increased blood pressure and 58 normotensive controls without…
Comparison
Tissue Doppler imaging during transesophageal… vs Conventional Doppler flow measurement during…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for TDI in early LAA assessment; prospective studies needed before clinical adoption.
Does Tissue Doppler imaging detect left atrial appendage dysfunction earlier than conventional Doppler flow in prehypertensive and hypertensive patients?
Tissue Doppler imaging can detect left atrial appendage functional impairment in the early stages of hypertension, including prehypertension, before conventional Doppler flow abnormalities appear.
Tenekecioğlu et al. (2010) studied this question.
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