October 1, 2000Journal of Hypertension
Haematocrit profoundly affects left ventricular diastolic filling as assessed by Doppler echocardiography
Population
1,297 individuals, 25-74 years of age
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
Haematocrit associates with LV diastolic indexes; hypothesis-generating for confounding in echocardiographic assessment.
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Population
1,297 individuals, 25-74 years of age
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Outcome
Association between interindividual haematocrit values and diastolic function assessed by Doppler echocardiography (peak velocity of early left ventricular filling, E/A ratio, and isovolumic relaxation time)surrogate
Haematocrit levels are significantly associated with Doppler echocardiographic indexes of left ventricular diastolic filling, suggesting that haematocrit variability should be considered when evaluating diastolic function.
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Schunkert et al. (2000) studied this question.