Why the study?
Concentric hypertrophy predicts increased cardiovascular risk in patients with LVH, but the predictive value of individual echocardiographic parameters remains unclear.
Do specific echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters predict MACCE and all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy?
Population
690 hypertensive patients with echocardiography within 1 year prior to the initial clinic visit
Comparison
Echocardiographic and hemodynamic variables in concentric vs eccentric remodeling
Design
Observational cohort study
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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Individual echo parameters in LVH require prospective validation; leaves open their incremental prognostic utility beyond geometry.
Do specific echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters predict MACCE and all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy?
Risk stratification in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy should utilize different echocardiographic measures depending on whether the remodeling is concentric or eccentric.
Guzik et al. (2021) studied this question.
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