Why the study?
Does adding information on LV systolic and diastolic function to LV mass improve the prediction of cardiovascular events in hypertensive outpatients?
Population
5380 hypertensive outpatients without prevalent CV disease
Comparison
Risk models including LV geometry, systolic and… vs Risk model with LV mass index (LVMi) alone
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3.5+/-2.8 years
Authors
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Adding LV function parameters to LVMi does not improve event prediction in hypertensive outpatients; leaves open whether novel markers enhance risk stratification.
Does adding information on LV systolic and diastolic function to LV mass improve the prediction of cardiovascular events in hypertensive outpatients?
Adding echocardiographic parameters of LV geometry and function to LV mass index does not significantly improve the prediction of cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients.
Simone et al. (2010) studied this question.
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