Why the study?
Does an automated model-based image processing method of transmitral Doppler E-waves improve differentiation of hypertensive hearts from normal compared to conventional E-wave indexes in patients with hypertension and ventricular hypertrophy?
Population
22 subjects: 11 with hypertension and echocardiographically verified ventricular hypertrophy and 11…
Comparison
Automated model-based image processing method of… vs Conventional E-wave indexes
Design
Case-control
Authors
Loading...
Model-based E-wave indexes may better detect hypertension-related diastolic changes; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
Does an automated model-based image processing method of transmitral Doppler E-waves improve differentiation of hypertensive hearts from normal compared to conventional E-wave indexes in patients with hypertension and ventricular hypertrophy?
An automated model-based image processing method of transmitral Doppler E-waves can quantitatively differentiate between hypertensive subjects with ventricular hypertrophy and normal controls better than conventional indexes.
Kovács et al. (1997) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: